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For Newtonian 3-body problems in ℝ2, we prove the existence of new symmetric noncollision periodic solutions with some fixed winding numbers and masses.
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Zhang, S., Zhou, Q. & Liu, Y. New Periodic Solutions for 3-Body Problems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 88, 365–378 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CELE.0000023407.67793.a1
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