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A problem of unusual gravity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

C. J. Chapman
C. J. Chapman*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511
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One of the standard results of the theory of Newtonian gravitational attraction is that the potential outside of a spherical shell can be obtained by regarding all the mass as concentrated at the centre of the shell.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 439 , March 1983 , pp. 14 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983 

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