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- Subject: Re: Computability of the universe
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 15 Sep 92 21:20:43 GMT
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- In <1992Sep15.090238.186@nntp.nta.no> klaus@hal.nta.no (Klaus Gaarder FNI) writes:
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- >Classical Physics:
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- > The so-called "three body problem", computing the trajectory of three
- >(yes only 3) bodies under mutual gravitational (Newton-style) interaction, is not
- >computable.
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- What do you mean, "not computable". Do you mean not stable?
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