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A pipeline approach to many – body problems

Daiichiro Sugimoto

Published Nov 1, 1993• 3 citations
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Abstract

Physics is full of many-body problems. But many-problems cannot be solved exactly in terms of known mathematical functions. Even the three-body problem can only be solved exactly in a few special cases, and most many-body systems consist of many more than three bodies. Enter supercomputers.
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/6/11/27

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