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Hypothetical situation in which, for simplification, only some physical aspects are considered in order to further understand or reveal contradictions between the laws governing them.
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Ambiguity in applying Newton's shell theorem in an infinite homogeneous universe
The problem lies in the boundary conditions. Ignoring factors of $G$ and $\pi$, gauss's law of gravitation relates the gravitational potential $\Phi$ to the mass density $\rho$ by
$$\rho=-\nabla^2 \Ph …
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