{"id":25898,"date":"2024-04-23T20:32:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=25898"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:11:50","slug":"could-we-solve-the-3-body-problem-if-we-had-a-different-system-of-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/04\/23\/could-we-solve-the-3-body-problem-if-we-had-a-different-system-of-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Could we solve the 3-body problem if we had a different system of math?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AW04232024-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AW04232024-3.jpg\" alt=\"Could we solve the 3-body problem if we had a different system of math?\" class=\"wp-image-25889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AW04232024-3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AW04232024-3-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Could we solve the 3-body problem if we had a different system of math?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Theoretically, it is possible that a different system of mathematics could help to solve the three-body problem, but even with a new mathematical framework, the problems of complexity and unpredictability would probably persist. Advancements in computing mean we are getting closer to understanding three-body systems, even if an analytical solution remains elusive. But then again I am no physicist or mathematician, just a wall at the mercy of one gravitational body &#8212; the Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theoretically, it is possible that a different system of mathematics could help to solve the three-body problem, but even with a new mathematical framework, the problems of complexity and unpredictability would probably persist. Advancements in computing mean we are getting closer to understanding three-body systems, even if an analytical solution remains elusive. But then again &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/04\/23\/could-we-solve-the-3-body-problem-if-we-had-a-different-system-of-math\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Could we solve the 3-body problem if we had a different system of math?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25989,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25898\/revisions\/25989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}