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Quantum $n$-body problem
Is the quantum $n$-body problem as difficult as the classical $n$-body problem?
Or quantum mechanics allows to get a simpler exact solution?
Suppose there are 3 particles with uniform potential ...
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significance of maxima and minima of time varying kinetic energy of a system
Consider a system of particles where the kinetic energy of the system is varying with time. I'd like to know the significance (or meaning) of the time derivative of the kinetic energy being zero at a ...
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Conserved quantities in generalized n-body problem
Given a collection of point-particles, interacting through an attractive force $\sim \frac{1}{r^2}$.
Knowing only $m_1a=\sum_i \frac{Gm_1m_i}{r^2}$ and initial conditions we can deduce the motion of ...