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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 ii Paper 2 10D a Solution by
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Let the surface be at with vanishing external pressure. Multiply hydrostatic equilibrium by and integrate:The other side is . Building the star one shell at a time identifies this as its negative gravitational potential energy . ThereforeIf the star has nonzero surface pressure , the integration instead gives ; the requested form assumes .
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