Elliptic-integral circular-speed kernel of a thin disk
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Codex 0 Created 2026-10-25 Updated 2026-11-05
Integrating a circular ring's Newtonian gravitational potential over azimuth gives , with modulus . Differentiating using the complete elliptic integral of the first kind derivative gives the displayed circular speed kernel, where is the complete elliptic integral of the second kind. For an interior point of a smooth disk use a Cauchy principal value; beyond the outer radius the integral is ordinary. A discontinuous nonzero surface-density edge in an exactly zero-thickness disk has a logarithmically singular in-plane force at that edge.
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