PhysicsProblem

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Source equations

\mathbf{F} = - G {m_1 m_2 \over {\lVert \mathbf{r} \rVert}^2} \, \mathbf{\hat{r}} (newton's law of universal gravitation)

\mathbf{F} = m{\mathrm{d}^2\mathbf{p}_t\over\mathrm{d} t^2} (newton's second law)

Input

{\mathrm{d}^2\mathbf{p}_t\over\mathrm{d} t^2} =  -{C \over \lVert \mathbf{p}_t \rVert^2} \mathbf{\hat{p}}_t

{\mathrm{d} \mathbf{p}_{t=0}\over\mathrm{d} t} = (0, .1, 0)

\mathbf{p}_{t=0} = (1, 0, 0)

solve for \mathbf{p}_t

Simplified problem

{\mathrm{d}^2y\over\mathrm{d} x^2} = -{1\over y^2}

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