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Uhhh, just use T and explain..?PeroK said:I can't explain it more until you start using ##T## when you mean the time of impact for a given ##u##
Uhhh, just use T and explain..?PeroK said:I can't explain it more until you start using ##T## when you mean the time of impact for a given ##u##
I need to see an attempt on your part to understand the difference between the continuous time coordinate ##t## and the time of impact ##T##.Differentiate it said:Uhhh, just use T and explain..?
could you at least answer the question I made a posts ago? I know its probably wrong, but just want to know if its correct, also I don't understand how u and t both are fixed when we fix vPeroK said:I need to see an attempt on your part to understand the difference between the continuous time coordinate ##t## and the time of impact ##T##.
I think he just wants you to re-ask your question in post #49 by replacing ##t## with ##T## wherever applicable. Example, You have - "##t## are maximum" ##\rightarrow## ##T## are maximum.PeroK said:I need to see an attempt on your part to understand the difference between the continuous time coordinate t and the time of impact T
The approach in post #4 is perfectly rigorous. Changing frames is not fishy in any way. The speed vs height follows from the SUVAT equations with final speed set to zero at the limiting case.Delta2 said:at least 90km/h but I don't know something doesn't look 100% rigorous with this, I found the approach described in post #2 more rigorous than the approach of post #4.
However post #4 is what we call a "clever shortcut".
Yes ok, I guess it is just me. Never feel comfortable when we use multiple reference frame in a single problem. That's also one reason I can't study relativity (the other main reason , not knowing tensor calculus lol).Orodruin said:Changing frames is not fishy in any way
This piques my interest. Where is the limit? Are you fine with using different Cartesian coordinate systems in geometry? What about using spherical coordinates?Delta2 said:Yes ok, I guess it is just me. Never feel comfortable when we use multiple reference frame in a single problem. That's also one reason I can't study relativity
I know a good book …Delta2 said:the other main reason , not knowing tensor calculus lol
I am getting confused even if we going to switch between cartesian and spherical coordinates for the same physical problem.Orodruin said:This piques my interest. Where is the limit? Are you fine with using different Cartesian coordinate systems in geometry? What about using spherical coordinates?I know a good book …![]()
A good book for learning tensor calculus ...Delta2 said:A book on tensor calculus or on "relativity without tensor calculus"?
Yes, that's what I meantShreya said:I think he just wants you to re-ask your question in post #49 by replacing ##t## with ##T## wherever applicable. Example, You have - "##t## are maximum" ##\rightarrow## ##T## are maximum.
And In post #53, you said "##u## and ##t##" are fixed, while you should have said ##u## and ##T## are fixed. (Cause any choice of ##u## or ##v## doesn't fix the independent ##t## but it does fix ##T##)
It may not seem like a big difference - but it is. ##t## is the independent continuous variable as @PeroK mentioned while ##T## is the impact time.
Moreover you are minimizing ##u(T)## not ##u(t)## & the graphs given were of ##u(T)##. Also note that ##u## doesn't depend on ##t## but It does on ##T##
It's my fault - because I used the wrong notation first and caused this confusion.
What function has a minimum?Differentiate it said:So, is this correct?:
We substitute in u - gt for v so that the function still has a minima?
##u## is not a function of ##t##. ##u## is the initial velocity. The velocity ##v(t)## at any time ##t## is a function of ##t## given by: ##v(t) = u - gt##, where ##u## and ##g## are constants.Differentiate it said:Also, could you answer the question made in #49 ?
Like, a linear function has no minimum( like u = v - 10t) but substituting √(u^2 -20(25t+125)) for v in, and writing as a function of t, gives -125/t - 25 - 5t, which does have a minimum. So, is the point of substituting u - gt to ensure that the function has a minimum? If yes, could you please add what kinds of functions have a minimum?PeroK said:What function has a minimum?
##u## is not a function of ##t##. ##u## is the initial velocity. The velocity ##v(t)## at any time ##t## is a function of ##t## given by: ##v(t) = u - gt##, where ##u## and ##g## are constants.
If you differentiate this you get the acceleration: ##a(t) = v'(t) = -g##.
I feel oppositely. I will change a frame of reference in preference to doing a bit of algebra, even though it amounts to the same thing. It's just more intuitive.Delta2 said:Yes ok, I guess it is just me. Never feel comfortable when we use multiple reference frame in a single problem. That's also one reason I can't study relativity (the other main reason , not knowing tensor calculus lol).
I don't understand your questions and I'm not sure I can be of any help to you. Perhaps someone else can try to understand what you are asking.Differentiate it said:So, is this correct?:
We substitute in u - gt for v so that the function still has a minima?
If yes, could you tell which kind of functions can't have a maxima/minima
Like, a linear function has no minimum( like u = v - 10t) but substituting √(u^2 -20(25t+125)) for v in, and writing as a function of t, gives -125/t - 25 - 5t, which does have a minimum. So, is the point of substituting u - gt to ensure that the function has a minimum? If yes, could you please add what kinds of functions have a minimum?
Uh, so, I'll use a different example.PeroK said:I don't understand your questions and I'm not sure I can be of any help to you. Perhaps someone else can try to understand what you are asking.
No. You get a point. There is no function there. No free variable.Differentiate it said:If I substituted in 25 m/s for v, in v^2 = u^2 + 2as, where s = 25t + 125, I get graph #1.
Isn't a function literally right there? That's not a point... anyways that's besides the point(get it?)... Is the answer to my question a yes or no?(although still how does that function become a point...?)PeroK said:No. You get a point. There is no function there. No free variable.
##y = x^2## is a function. ##(1, 4)## is a point that lies on the graph of that function. If you specify ##y = 1## or ##x = 4##, then you are talking about a point and not a function.Differentiate it said:(although still how does that function become a point...?)
Well even if i specify v there's u = f(t), which I can still graph, it's a function!PeroK said:##y = x^2## is a function. ##(1, 4)## is a point that lies on the graph of that function. If you specify ##y = 1## or ##x = 4##, then you are talking about a point and not a function.
You can differentiate a function: ##y' = 2x##, but you can't differentiate a point. You can, however, evaluate the derivative at a point ##y'(1) = 2##.
##u## is not a function of ##t##. ##u## is the (constant) initial value at ##t =0##.Differentiate it said:Well even if i specify v there's u = f(t), which I can still graph, it's a function!
How? Also pls answer the question in post, #66, it'll be really helpfulPeroK said:##u## is not a function of ##t##. ##u## is the (constant) initial value at ##t =0##.
I think you meant ##u=f(T)## not ##f(t)##. Remember,there's a difference between ##t## and ##T##.Differentiate it said:Well even if i specify v there's u = f(t), which I can still graph, it's a function!
By definition. I'm using the notation:Differentiate it said:How?
I haven't been keeping track or t and T, sorry. But at this point, just answer my question in post #66, and if the answer is no, please explain why. I'll be very thankfulPeroK said:By definition. I'm using the notation:
$$v(t) = u + at$$where ##v(t)## is the time dependent velocity and ##u = v(0)## is the initial velocity.
Note that although ##v## is a continuous function of ##t##, we also tend to use ##v## for the "final" velocity. There is, therefore, a notational asymmtery between ##u##, which is assumed to be fixed, and ##v##, which is assumed to be a variable end-point.
That's the minimum speed needed to touch the balloon because with any speed less than that it wouldn't touch the balloon.Delta2 said:Ok I see now, basically the *intuitive* claim here is that the minimum speed is such that when the bullet reaches the balloon it has the same speed as the balloon. How do we justify this claim more formally?
Hm ok but the approach described at post #2 solves the problem without the need to state this claim.Mister T said:That's the minimum speed needed to touch the balloon because with any speed less than that it wouldn't touch the balloon.
It's assumed.Delta2 said:Hm ok but the approach described at post #2 solves the problem without the need to state this claim.
No it isn't assumed. You just say there $$h=25t+125$$ (height of balloon), $$h'=v_0t-0.5gt^2$$ (height of bullet) form the quadratic equation (with respect to t) $$h=h'$$ and the minimum requirement for ##v_0## pops in a "wonderous " way from the requirement that the discriminant $$(v_0-25)^2-4\cdot 0.5\cdot g \cdot 125\geq 0$$of the quadratic is greater or equal to zero.Mister T said:It's assumed.
That's the key. Without understanding that, you are just asking fairly irrelevant questions about minimising functions in general.Differentiate it said:I haven't been keeping track or t and T, sorry.
I'm sorry, but please just answer my question from post #66. That's it.PeroK said:That's the key. Without understanding that, you are just asking fairly irrelevant questions about minimising functions in general.
The substitution ##v = u - gt## didn't change the nature of the equations, but replaced the variable ##v## by ##u## and ##t##, because we wanted to solve for the impact time in terms of ##u##. Having both ##v## and ##u## in the equation was not what we wanted.
The solution to that equation is ##t = T##, which leads to a function for ##u## and ##T##, which we can minimise. Note that ##u## is a function of ##T## but not of ##t##.
I don't understand your question. It makes no sense to me. I've explained why I used ##v = u - gt##. We are not minimising SUVAT equations. How many times do you have to be told that?Differentiate it said:I'm sorry, but please just answer my question from post #66. That's it.
Some functions, like linear ones, like u = 10t + 25, don't have a minima.(i got this from v = u +at where i fixed the value of v to 25 m/s) Other functions like 125/t + 25 + 5t do have a minima. So, instead of fixing v to a certain value, if we substitute v = sqrt(u^2 + 2as) for v in v = u +at where s = 25t + 125, and rearrange for initial velocity u, we get u = 125/t + 25 + 5t, which does have a minima. So, my final question was, do we substitute in something different for v(in this case it was sqrt(u^2 + 2as)) instead of a fixed value like 25 to ensure that the function 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢. I don't think this has anything to do with t or T, which I didn't keep track of, I'm sorry, but please, just answer this questionPeroK said:I don't understand your question. It makes no sense to me. I've explained why I used ##v = u - gt##. We are not minimising SUVAT equations. How many times do you have to be told that?
It looks like that's what you did, so yes. But I would use the word "create" rather than "ensure".Differentiate it said:So, my final question was, do we substitute in something different for v(in this case it was sqrt(u^2 + 2as)) instead of a fixed value like 25 to ensure that the function 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢.
Thanks! And, sorry for my poor wordingMister T said:It looks like that's what you did, so yes. But I would use the word "create" rather than "ensure".
I still don't understand how i would find such a function (if I knew why some functions didn't have a minima(due to physical reasons), i would know what type, scratch that, which equation to use)Differentiate it said:Thanks! And, sorry for my poor wording