Lambert's Problem

In celestial mechanics Lambert's problem is the boundary value problem for the differential equation

of the two-body problem for which the Kepler orbit is the general solution.

The precise formulation of Lambert's problem is as follows:

Two different times and two position vectors are given.

Find the solution satisfying the differential equation above for which

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