| Abstract from DBPedia | In physics, the n-body problem is the problem of predicting the individual motions of a group of celestial objects interacting with each other gravitationally. Solving this problem has been motivated by the desire to understand the motions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and visible stars. In the 20th century, understanding the dynamics of globular cluster star systems became an important n-body problem. The n-body problem in general relativity is considerably more difficult to solve due to additional factors like time and space distortions. The classical physical problem can be informally stated as the following: Given the quasi-steady orbital properties (instantaneous position, velocity and time) of a group of celestial bodies, predict their interactive forces; and consequently, predict their true orbital motions for all future times. The two-body problem has been completely solved and is discussed below, as well as the famous restricted three-body problem.多体問題（たたいもんだい、英: multibody problem）は、互いに相互作用する3体以上からなる系を扱う問題である。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/N-body_problem) |
