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In this paper, we prove that the Lagrangian solutions to the three-body problem minimize the action function.
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The first author is partially supported by a grant of NNSFC. The second author is partially supported by grants of MOSTC, NNSFC and QSSTF.
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Zhang, S.Q., Zhou, Q. A Minimizing Property of Lagrangian Solution. Acta Math Sinica 17, 497–500 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101140100124
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101140100124