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Composite Analytical Solutions of the Lane-Emden Equation with Polytropic Indicies n = 1 and n = 5

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. O. Murphy
J. O. Murphy*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
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For a spherically symmetrical distribution of gaseous matter in gravitational equilibrium the total pressure, density and other physical variables are all functions of the radial distance measured from the centre.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , 1983 , pp. 175 - 179
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1983

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