Tuesday, 30 June 2015

homework and exercises - First integral of an equation of motion: $muddot r=-frac{k}{r^2}$


I've got an equation of motion (EOM), which is


$$ \mu\ddot r=-\frac{k}{r^2} $$


How do I find the first integral of this EOM? I'd appreciate it if someone could show me the steps involved. I should get


$$ \frac{1}{2}\mu\dot r^2=-k \left( \frac{1}{R}-\frac{1}{r} \right) $$


but I'm not sure how to proceed.




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