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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:16:57 -0500
- From: "Robert J. Knapp" <rk3h+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: TIME HAS INERTIA ABIAN replies to INDRA
- In-Reply-To: <abian.721770451@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu>
- References: <abian.721770451@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- Dear Prof. Abian:
-
- You say:
-
- >But then when I ask them "PROVE THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF
- >ENERGY" they shrug their shoulders in bewilderment and with a blunt
- >expression on their faces they tell me "Oh, boy, are you a heretic
- >or what ! Everybody accepts and believes in that Principle" And they
- >give no proof !!! They say it is a Principle and needs no proof !
- >Well, at least I gave a proof of (A2)!
-
- Check a book I have sugested to you before:
-
- Fowels: "Analytic Mechanics"
- (I'm not sure of the chapter or page, but if you cannot
- find it I'd be more that happy to forward a copy to you.)
-
- This principle is very simple to prove;
- Here we go in one dimension(Newtonian Mech, it's easier):
-
- Say we have a force dependant on x: call it F(x)
-
- we know F=ma:
-
- F(x) = m (dv/dt)
-
- using chain rule:
-
- F(x) = m (dx/dt)(dv/dx)
-
- but, dx/dt is defined to be v (the velocity):
- so ,
-
- F(x) = mv (dv/dx) so
-
- integrating both sides
-
- Int(F(x)dx) =1/2 mv^2 -1/2mv(intial)^2
-
- and if F(x)=0 then:
-
- 1/2mv^2=1/2mv(initial)^2
-
- To my knoweldge the potential energy is DEFINED
- to be conserved. So we have (Adding potential to both sides (which we
- can seeing it is conserved)
-
- 1/2mv^2 + Potnetial = 1/2mv(intial)^2 + Potential(@initial space position)
-
- Rather simple really.
-
- Rob "Money is not our God" Knapp
-
- Open a book, | LEGALIZE
- and open your mind |
- the only thing they can't censor | [MNIBG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
- is logic. |
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- -Me
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