The only syzygy-free solution is Lagrange's
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arXivmath/0601269MaRDI QIDQ6476572FDOQ6476572
Authors: Richard Montgomery 
Publication date: 11 January 2006
Abstract: A syzygy in the three-body problem is a collinear instant. We prove that with the exception of Lagrange's solution every solution to the zero angular momentum Newtonian three-body problem suffers syzygies. The proof works for all mass ratios.
Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Bifurcation problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J20) Dynamics of multibody systems (70E55)
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