Thanks very much for your reply!
But how about the degrees of freedom? A system with n degrees of freedom just needs n independent coordinates. If adding t, there must be one coordinate(q1, q2,..., or t) which is dependent. :confused:
Hi, I'm a new learner of CM and I was stuck at the very beginning. TT
The transformation equation is ri=ri(q1,q2,...,qn,t)
I wonder why t should be in the bracket.
Aren't r determined by these independent coordinates? Isn't t already contained in them?