Can conservation laws take time to obey?

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Conservation laws, such as energy and momentum, must be adhered to continuously throughout a process, rather than only at the beginning and end. The discussion emphasizes that these quantities cannot be conserved in a finite time frame without maintaining their conservation at all intervals. Specifically, if momentum is conserved during a process without external impulses, it must hold true continuously, not just at discrete points in time. This establishes that conservation laws are inherently time-dependent and must be respected throughout the entire duration of the process.

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Can conservation laws take time to obey?
Hey everyone, I have a question
During a process, there are certain quantities that have to be conserved like energy, momentum(assume there is no external impulse and hence momentum is conserved) etc. Can these conservation laws take time to obey i.e. the quantities can be conserved during a certain amount of finite time as long as they are conserved at the end?
 
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Dark85 said:
Can these conservation laws take time to obey i.e. the quantities can be conserved during a certain amount of finite time as long as they are conserved at the end?
Since the laws must hold between the start and half-time, and between half-time and the end, conservation must be a continuous process.
 
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