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The four three-body braids adopted in this study: the classic Figure-8 problem (top) and three more complicated braids, the unequal-mass problem, I.A.4i.c.(0.5), and I . A . 68 i . c . ( 0.5 ) Mathematical equation: $ I.A.^{i.c.}_{68}(0.5) $ (bottom). They are integrated with a time-step parameter of η = 0.01 with output every 0.001 time units for one periodic orbit. The I . A . 68 i . c . ( 0.5 ) Mathematical equation: $ I.A.^{i.c.}_{68}(0.5) $ braid is a complex orbit for which the period exceeds 83 time units, much more than any of the others. The orbit closes only after many orbits, giving rise to the filled-in surfaces. For the Figure-8, only one line color is visible because all three objects have the same orbit and therefore overlap.

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