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When the ellipses (...) is used to continue a sequence, the author's intent is obvious because the terms in the sequence form a pattern... -
jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.If you have one particle, the components of the velocity vector at some chosen time are not isotropic. The particle is [almost...
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.From the premise that the velocity distribution is isotropic.
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.That may be the idea that he is pursuing. But the argument he made does not use the premise that the velocities are uniformly...
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.How can we infer a uniform distribution from a pair of samples that are not?
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.Technically the quoted passage is false. It is an argument, not a valid proof. The first error is minor. The author says that if the...
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.So, again, where did those specific numbers come from?
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.Looking at your drawing here, those numbers are quite wrong. Where are you getting them? As I read the drawing, ##v_{1x}## is negative...
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jbriggs444 replied to the thread I What does equiprobable mean in the context of thermal motion?.Is this explanation verbatim from the book? Or is it your own interpretation? Either way, It is utterly incorrect. If you total...
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6 was scared of 7 because 7, 8, 9. But why did 7 ate 9?
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Instead of textbooks, go to the source. Newton's First Law as stated in the Principia: "Every body continues in its state of rest, or...
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I think that before reading Newton's Principia one should properly learn Newtonian mechanics from modern sources. Principia should be of...
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See post #2 where I said: It doesn't matter whether you start with "Young and Randall" or start with "Serway". You end up with the...
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For things moving free or at rest, Observe what the first law does best. It defines a key frame, Inertial by name, Where the second law...
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In newtonian physics, the 1st Law describes bodies that are not accelerating. There is no net external force acting on it. There...
