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Perturbative derivation of Schwarzschild light deflection

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Writing y=b−1sinϕ+Δy in y′′+y=3My2 and retaining first order in M gives
Δy′′+Δy=2b23M​(1−cos2ϕ).
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The displacement of the outgoing zero is 4M/b.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ii / Paper 3 / 37B / a / iii / Solution

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