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These lectures present an approach to celestial mechanics which combines qualitative and quantitative investigations. Several methods and tools are given and it is shown how some of these are applied to the problem of three bodies, which is considered the simplest nontrivial question of interest in celestial mechanics.
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Szebehely, V. (1974). Introduction. In: The General and Restricted Problems of Three Bodies. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 170. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2916-6_1
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