Perturbed circular orbit under central force motion?

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I am self studying Kleppner and Kolenkow's an Introduction to mechanics. But i have one doubt about how they got into the equation no 3 of the example problem 9.3 in Central Force Motion.
Please clarify my doubt.
 
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Seems pretty straight forward. Differentiate [itex]U_{eff}[/itex] twice, evaluate it at [itex]r=r_0[/itex] and replace [itex]l[/itex] by the one we obtained earlier. This should equal k, which is related to beta.
 
diegzumillo said:
Seems pretty straight forward. Differentiate [itex]U_{eff}[/itex] twice, evaluate it at [itex]r=r_0[/itex] and replace [itex]l[/itex] by the one we obtained earlier. This should equal k, which is related to beta.
Omg. I am so dumb. I just calculated the second derivative and then used to sit brooding over what to do next without plugging the value of l from equation 1. I am feeling embarrassed.

Anyway,,, thank you. I got it. Better late than never.
 
No problem :) This is just the peeking-over-the-shoulder effect.