Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Appendix A - The Language of Mathematics - Exercises - Page A6: 24

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The contrapositive statement is: If all closed orbits are not ellipses, then the force field is not radial and/or it does not decrease as the inverse square of the distance. The converse is If all closed orbits are ellipses, then the force field is radial and decreases as the inverse square of the distance.
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