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Derivation · draft

Perihelion Precession from Schwarzschild Orbits

Statement

Deriving the anomalous perihelion advance of a bound orbit from the effective potential of Schwarzschild geodesics.

Depends on

Schwarzschild Solution from Spherical Vacuum, Geodesic Equation from Extremal Proper Time

Used by

PU-403/L14 PU-403/L16