Nbody

A simulation of the N-body problem for iDevice. It’s free, too. Enjoy! Multiple pendulums next week.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nbody/id347962727?mt=8

As Poincaré himself put it, “One is struck by the complexity of this figure I am not even attempting to draw. Nothing can give us a better idea of the complexity of the three-body problem and of all problems of dynamics where there is no holomorphic integral and Bohlin’s series diverge.”

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