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Mathaddict809
Jul31-11, 03:02 AM
Greetings I have been trying to find the orbit of Mercury using the geodesic equations with the Schwarzschild Metric, more precisely I have been using the equations derived in "General Relativity, An Introduction for Physicists" by M.P. Hobson, etc, that is:
<math>\left(1-\frac{2\mu}{r}\right) \frac{dt}{d\tau} =k </math><br>
c^2
pervect
Jul31-11, 03:10 AM
Greetings I have been trying to find the orbit of Mercury using the geodesic equations with the Schwarzschild Metric, more precisely I have been using the equations derived in "General Relativity, An Introduction for Physicists" by M.P. Hobson, etc, that is:
\left(1-\frac{2\mu}{r}\right) \frac{dt}{d\tau} =k <br>
c^2
You need to use [tex]here, not <math>. I'll do that and see what it looks like, then try to answer it.
OK - what exactly is your question?
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