OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The absolute value of the gravitational attraction force between a homogeneous regular tetrahedron with mass M and edge length 2*s and a test particle with mass m located at the tetrahedron's vertex is c*G*M*m/s^2, where G is the gravitational constant (A070058) and c is this constant.
The vertices are the positions where the gravitational field that is generated by the tetrahedron on its surface attains its minimum absolute value.
LINKS
Murray S. Klamkin, Extreme Gravitational Attraction, Problem 92-5, SIAM Review, Vol. 34, No. 1 (1992), pp. 120-121; Solution, by Carl C. Grosjean, ibid., Vol. 38, No. 3 (1996), pp. 515-520.
Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, Polyhedron Gravitational Force.
Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, Tetrahedron Gravitational Force.
FORMULA
Equals 6*sqrt(3)*(Pi/3 - arctan(sqrt(2))).
Equals 3*sqrt(3)*(Pi/6 - arctan(sqrt(2)/4)).
EXAMPLE
0.95485466596615678014550952803369058960247147098757...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[6*Sqrt[3]*(Pi/3 - ArcTan[Sqrt[2]]), 10, 100][[1]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, May 07 2022
STATUS
approved