A353770 Decimal expansion of the gravitational acceleration generated at a vertex by a unit-mass cube with edge length 2 in units where the gravitational constant is G = 1.
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Offset: 0
Examples
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Links
- Murray S. Klamkin, Extreme Gravitational Attraction, Problem 92-5, SIAM Review, Vol. 34, No. 1 (1992), pp. 120-121; Solution, by Carl C. Grosjean, ibid., Vol. 38, No. 3 (1996), pp. 515-520.
- J. A. Lira, If the Earth were a cube, what would be the value of the acceleration of gravity at the center of each face?, Physics Education, Vol. 53, No. 6 (2018), 065013.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, Cube Gravitational Force.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, Polyhedron Gravitational Force.
Programs
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Mathematica
RealDigits[(Sqrt[3]/2)*(Pi/12 + Log[Sqrt[2] + 1] - Log[Sqrt[3] + 2]/2), 10, 100][[1]]
Formula
Equals (sqrt(3)/2)*(Pi/12 + log(sqrt(2) + 1) - log(sqrt(3) + 2)/2).
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