Math 2280 - Maple Project 2
Dylan Zwick
Spring 2009
This project will be a bit of a break, at least relative to the first project,
from Maple programming and will instead involve a more in depth in-
vestigation of a mathematical problem. In particular, you’ll use Newton’s
law of universal gravitation to derive Kepler’s first two laws of planetary
motion. Your project is to write up a complete solution to application 4.1
on pages 256 through 258 of your textbook. The only part that will involve
using a computer will be plotting some representative orbits at the end.
The project will be due on March 31st. Project 3 will involve much
more computer work.
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