Abstract
Recent results concerning singularities and collisions in the problem ofn-bodies are reviewed. It is shown how they relate to the question of finding a global existence and uniqueness theorem for this dynamical system.
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Saari, D.G. On global existence and uniqueness theorems for gravitational systems. Celestial Mechanics 8, 157–161 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231408
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