On the origin of the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2007.02.010zbMATH Open1152.70305OpenAlexW1994720789MaRDI QIDQ2519910FDOQ2519910

Authors: Jaume Giné 

Publication date: 28 January 2009

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Action at distance in Newtonian physics is replaced by finite propagation speeds in classical post--Newtonian physics. As a result, the differential equations of motion in Newtonian physics are replaced by functional differential equations, where the delay associated with the finite propagation speed is taken into account. Newtonian equations of motion, with post--Newtonian corrections, are often used to approximate the functional differential equations. In ``On the origin of quantum mechanics, preprint, physics/0505181, May 2005, a simple atomic model based on a functional differential equation which reproduces the quantized Bohr atomic model was presented. The unique assumption was that the electrodynamic interaction has a finite propagation speed. In ``On the origin of the gravitational quantization: The Titius--Bode Law, preprint, physics/0507072, Jul 2005, a simple gravitational model based on a functional differential equation which gives a gravitational quantification and an explanation of the modified Titius--Bode law is described. Firstly, in this work, we recall the calculations made by Einstein to arrive at the explanation of the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion. Secondly, we recover an ancient work of Gerber in 1898 as a precursor of the retarded theories. In this paper Gerber gave an explanation of the anomalous precession of the Mercury's perihelion in terms of a velocity--dependent potential. In this paper an explanation of the anomalous precession of Mercury's perihelion is given in terms of a simple retarded potential, which, at first order, coincides with Gerber's potential, and which agrees with the author's previous works.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510086

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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