A truly elementary proof of Bertrand's theorem Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 American Association of Physics Teachers. An elementary proof of Bertrand's theorem is given by examining the radial orbit equation, without needing to solve complicated equations or integrals.

authors

• Chin, Siu

published proceedings

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

altmetric score

• 2

author list (cited authors)

• Chin, S. A.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Chin, Siu A

publication date

• April 2015

publisher

• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Physics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1119/1.4901974

start page

• 320

end page

• 323

volume

• 83

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4901974