1. Mar 21, 2010 #1

   crazytumbler9

   

   Okay so our calculus professor has given us an assignment to do a project involving calculus. He found out that I was a gymnast and liked physics so he said that my project should relate calculus, physics, and gymnastics.
   
   I'm having problems coming up with an idea in which I can actually measure what the variables I need for equations. Also it needs to be able to relate ideas from calc. II. Any ideas would be a huge help.

    

   crazytumbler9, Mar 21, 2010
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3. Mar 21, 2010 #2

   Count Iblis

   

   You could explore rotational motion. Study the theory of the motion of a rigid body:
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_equations_(rigid_body_dynamics [Broken])
   
   And then generalize this to the case of a gymnast whose moment of inertia tensor will be time dependent.

    

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   Count Iblis, Mar 21, 2010

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