Relativity and Cosmology

    

Error In Einstein's Calculation Of Perihelion For Mercury

Authors: Eric Su

An error in Albert Einstein's paper, "Erklärung Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus", invalidated his confirmation of the precession of perihelion for Mercury. Einstein made an assumption on an equation to calculate the angle of precession. Unknown to Einstein, the assumption caused two roots of this equation to become imaginary numbers.

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