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Newton's Law of Gravitation, Gauss Law and GR
From One of My Unpublished Papers
$$\frac{d^2 x^{\alpha}}{d\tau^2}=-\Gamma^{\alpha}_{\beta \gamma}\frac{dx^{\beta}}{d\tau}\frac{dx^{\gamma}}{d\tau} \tag{1}$$
For radial motion in Schwarzschild’s ...
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Using thermodynamics and Kinematics together to solve a parachuter problem?
I need to find a parachutist's displacement after a given height (nearly 37000m) and at a given latitude. I have his mass, area, parachute area, drop height, parachute deployment height, data about ...