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THE GEOMETRY OF CENTRAL FORCES

Appendix E Definitions

Definition 2.1 Vector Space
Definition 2.2 Inner Product and Inner Product Space
Definition 2.3 Orthogonal, Normalized, and Orthonormal Vectors
Definition 2.8 Inner Product for Fourier Series
Definition 2.9 Completeness
Definition 2.10 Linear Operator
Definition 3.1 Differential Equations
Definition 3.2 Linearity and Homogeneity
Definition 3.3 Solution (of a differential equation)
Definition 3.4 Initial and Boundary Value Problems
Definition 3.5 Forms of First-Order ODEs
Definition 3.10 Ansatz
Definition 3.11 Characteristic Polynomial Equation
Definition 3.13 Linear Independence of Functions
Definition 6.1 Separation of Variables
Definition 7.1 Legendre’s Equation
Definition 7.2 Recurrence Relation
Definition 7.3 Legendre Polynomials
Definition 7.4 Regular Point of an ODE
Definition 7.6 Regular Singularity of an ODE
Definition 8.1 Central Force
Definition 8.3 Position of the Center of Mass
Definition 8.5 Momentum of the Center of Mass
Definition 8.6 Reduced Mass
Definition 8.10 Torque
Definition A.1 The Quadratic Formula
Definition A.2 Degeneracy
Definition A.4 Amplitude, Wave Number, Angular Frequency, and Phase