Constraint-prof V balakrishnan video

1. Oct 24, 2013

ajayguhan

he tells number of contraints (he write no of pairs ) is nC2 how is it, i didn'tunderstand!

Last edited: Oct 24, 2013
2. Oct 24, 2013

Staff: Mentor

First, that link didn't come out right. Second, that video is more than an hour long. Do you really expect us to listen to that to answer your question? Third, you already have a another thread on the subject of degrees of freedom https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=718480 . Please post there.

3. Oct 24, 2013

ajayguhan

Its in the 6 to 7th minute of video

4. Oct 24, 2013

ajayguhan

I didn't post there because while asking question itself i made mistake and after posting i released my correct was the above one and no that one.so only i did it.i didn't knew how to delete it.

5. Oct 24, 2013

Staff: Mentor

He writes explicitely a question mark over the equal sign, and then goes on to prove that it can't be correct, because you get an absurd answer (the number of degrees of freedom cannot be negative). The conclusion is that the number of constraints is not $n\mathrm{C}2$.

6. Oct 24, 2013

ajayguhan

I know that he is un proving and i understand it.but what i didn't get was .nc2 how it came?

7. Oct 25, 2013

ajayguhan

No one know's?

8. Oct 25, 2013

Staff: Mentor

$N\mathrm{C}2$ is the number of pairs of particles in a set of $N$ particles. What is it you don't get?