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Motion of a planet around the sun - Solution in polar coordinates

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Jacobi’s Lectures on Dynamics

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The treatment of some examples by Hamilton’s method will lead to further general observations. The motion of a planet around the sun constitutes the first example.

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Clebsch, A. (2009). Motion of a planet around the sun - Solution in polar coordinates. In: Clebsch, A. (eds) Jacobi’s Lectures on Dynamics. Texts and Readings in Mathematics. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-62-0_24

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