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A Dynamical Specification of the Motion of Mercury

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IF we assume that the modified Lagrangean function for two mobile and massive particles is of the form where the symbols have the usual meaning, C being the velocity of light and λ a pure number, then the principle of least action Ldt=0 leads to the following conclusions:

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WALKER, G. A Dynamical Specification of the Motion of Mercury. Nature 105, 198–199 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105198a0

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