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jbriggs444, I opened another russian book and found there (translation): "Strictly speaking, the average value of any velocity...
Aug 23, 2025
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1. Google AI is not an acceptable reference. [See the rules here. Search for "ChatGPT and AI-generated text"] 2. If Google AI says this...
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I'd like to add this to what @jbriggs444 has said. No. You are wrong! Try working through the following carefully. Step-1...
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How is it possible? Why should it not be possible? Why the surprise? It is very difficult to respond to an open ended question like...
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jbriggs444, Ok. Is it right that if we have particle with X-component 4 then we can find particle with Y-component 4? (Google AI says...
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I'm integrating over continuous distribution. (components of velocities on X-axis) The result is ##\frac{kT}{m}##. This result coincide...
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But what are you integrating over? Are you "integrating" over a small finite sample (e.g. [-6, 1, 2, 3]) That would be ##\frac{(-6)^2...
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@Mike_bb, can I throw this in... Suppose you have ten 6-sided dice, each marked with the values: -3, -2, -1, +1, +2, +3. You throw...
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Herman Trivilino, I read now on Wiki how to derive expression for ##<V_x^2>## using integral. But I'm confused because this integral is...
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That tells us the sample size. It does not tell us the distribution from which the samples are drawn. Google ("what is the distribution...
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The x and y components of some set of velocities, yes? What set of velocities? You have claimed that the components are "uniformly...
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For example, ##N=10^{23}##
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Yes! I meant that these numbers are x- and y-components.
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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...
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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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