CONTENTS. 



§ 1. Introduction ....... • . .1 



§ 2. Canonical Transformation of the Equations of Motion . . . . .4 



§ 3. Approximation to the Required Solution bj the Variations of the Arbitrary Constants 



in a First Approximate Solution ....... 9 



§ 4. Formation of the Lagrangian Coefficients («;, a^), and Reduction of the Equations to a 



Canonical Form ......... 11 



§ 5. Fundamental Relations between the Coefiicients of the time, b^, b^, etc., considered as 



Functions of Cj, Cj, etc. . . . . . . . . IG 



§ 6. Development of n, n,-, and a'^ . . . . . . . .19 



§ 7. Form of Second Approximation ........ 24 



§ 8. General Theorem ......... 26 



§ 9. Summary of Results .,...,... 28 



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