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The derivation of the law have been put up in the forums but I have a question regarding its derivation.
I understood everything from the assumptions to the application of Newton's Third Law, but I got stocked at this step:
[tex] \frac{m}{k} = \frac{M}{k'} [/tex].
This is similar to
[tex] \frac{C}{M} = \frac{c}{m} = \frac{k}{4 \pi^2} [/tex]
at this site, http://www.relativitycalculator.com/Newton_Universal_Gravity_Law.shtml.
According to the same site, the next step requires the force to be squared. Why is this so? Is it merely to acquire the force ##F## between the two bodies? Aren't there any other ways to calculate the force other than multiplication?
I understood everything from the assumptions to the application of Newton's Third Law, but I got stocked at this step:
[tex] \frac{m}{k} = \frac{M}{k'} [/tex].
This is similar to
[tex] \frac{C}{M} = \frac{c}{m} = \frac{k}{4 \pi^2} [/tex]
at this site, http://www.relativitycalculator.com/Newton_Universal_Gravity_Law.shtml.
According to the same site, the next step requires the force to be squared. Why is this so? Is it merely to acquire the force ##F## between the two bodies? Aren't there any other ways to calculate the force other than multiplication?