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Verify that the gravitational force GMini 1r2 on a point

Chapter 4, Problem 4.21

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Verify that the gravitational force GMini 1r2 on a point mass m at r, due to a fixed point mass M at the origin, is conservative and calculate the corresponding potential energy.

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Verify that the gravitational force GMini 1r2 on a point mass m at r, due to a fixed point mass M at the origin, is conservative and calculate the corresponding potential energy.

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This is exactly the same as Example 4.5 except that \(\gamma =kqQ\) is replaced by \(\gamma =-GMm\).

 

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