Abstract
This is an annotated translation from Latin of E327 -- De motu rectilineo trium corporum se mutuo attrahentium (“On the rectilinear motion of three bodies mutually attracting each other”). In this publication, Euler considers three bodies lying on a straight line, which are attracted to each other by central forces inversely proportional to the square of their separation distance (inverse-square law). Here Euler finds that the parameter that controls the relative distances among the bodies is given by a quintic function.
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Bistafa, Sylvio R.
(2021)
"On the Rectilinear Motion of Three Bodies Mutually Attracting Each Other,"
Euleriana: 1(2), pp.188-196.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56031/2693-9908.1016
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euleriana/vol1/iss2/7