Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780471198260
Author: Mary L. Boas
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 9.8, Problem 21MP
Write Lagrange’s equations in cylindrical coordinates for a particle moving in the gravitational field
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