Re: [Phys-l] Inertia? - Reprise

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

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So one skilled in the art is perfectly comfortable with working
out the  the orbit of a small mass  around a large mass object
 using this marvelous 4x4 stress-energy-momentum tensor
 construct, so long as those are the only two masses
in the universe?

I have even read it that perhaps the majority of dynamic systems
 of interest are in fact chaotic,  which would possibly make
 them difficult to analyze?

Hmmmm...that's awkward!     :-)

Brian


At 04:04 PM 11/15/2008, you wrote:
> There are deep reasons; the solutions may be chaotic.  For an overview,
> Googling "three-body problem" is an excellent place to start.
>                         Regards.
>                                 Jack,

> The 4x4 stress-energy-momentum tensor  sounds like a SERIOUS
> tool for transforming dynamic coordinate systems etc.
> Strange that a tool suited to analyzing the grand sweep of
> space, time, mass and momentum can fail for three bodies.
> [if true, at least]
> There must be a deep reason?



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!