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Eric Edlund and Ryan Hayes ’25

Eric Edlund, Physics Department, and former student Ryan Hayes ’25, published their article titled “The linear stability of Lagrange points in polar coordinates” in the September issue of the American Journal of Physics. The work examines the problem of the Lagrange points, the semi-stable equilibrium points of a restricted three-body system (e.g. the sun-Earth-satellite system) using a new formulation that they argue provides a higher fidelity and more insightful representation of the dynamics.