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First of all,the notation you've given is wrong.DocAl said:I'm missing your point, Daniel. If I define work in the usual way,[itex] dW=\vec{F}\cdot d\vec{r}[/itex],why can't I consider work to be a function of time? Certainly its rate of change with time is not (necessarily) zero!
[tex] \delta W=:\vec{F}\cdot d\vec{r} [/tex]
,simply because it's not a differential,but a one-form.
You cannot define "work" by the (wrongly written) formula,you define "differential work" which is not the same thing,obviously.
Even if i repeat myself,this is the definition of work:
[tex] W_{1\rightarrow 2} [\vec{r}] =:\int_{1}^{2} \vec{F}(\vec{r}(t),\dot{\vec{r}}(t),t)\cdot \vec{n} dl [/tex]
It is a functional of [itex] \vec{r}(t) [/itex].
My question is,to you and to Marlon:
What is the mathematical significance of these "animals"?
[tex] \frac{dW_{1\rightarrow 2}[\vec{r}]}{dt} [/tex]
and the most interesting by far:
[tex] \frac{\delta W}{dt}[/tex] ??
Daniel.
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