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Some Considerations of Gravity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

R.C. Lyness
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The centre of mass, G, of a system of particles (masses mr at Pr) can be defined by the relation, O being an arbitrary point,

This is equivalent to finding the point Q1 which divides P1P2 in the ratio m2 : m1 ; then the point Q2 which divides Q1P3 in the ratio m3 : (m1 + m2) ; then the point Q3 which divides Q2P4 in the ratio m4 : (m1 + m2 + m3), and so on until finally G is reached.

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Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 39 , Issue 328 , May 1955 , pp. 109 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1955

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