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THE GEOMETRY OF CENTRAL FORCES

Appendix E Definitions

Definition 20 Vector Space
Definition 21 Inner Product
Definition 26 Inner Product for Fourier Series
Definition 27 Completeness
Definition 28 Linear Operator
Definition 29 Differential Equations
Definition 30 Linearity and Homogeneity
Definition 31 Solution (of a differential equation)
Definition 32 Initial and Boundary Value Problems
Definition 33 Forms of First-Order ODEs
Definition 38 Ansatz
Definition 39 Characteristic Polynomial Equation
Definition 41 Linear Independence of Functions
Definition 5 Separation of Variables
Definition 6 Legendre’s Equation
Definition 7 Recurrence Relation
Definition 8 Legendre Polynomials
Definition 9 Regular Point of an ODE
Definition 11 Regular Singularity of an ODE
Definition 1 Central Force
Definition 3 Position of the Center of Mass
Definition 5 Momentum of the Center of Mass
Definition 6 Reduced Mass
Definition 10 Torque
Definition 4 The Quadratic Formula
Definition 5 Degeneracy
Definition 7 Amplitude, Wave Number, Angular Frequency, and Phase