Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Unknown Expression

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Hi,

I'm reading a paper on foundations of QM where the expression below appeared

<br /> \frac{1}{2}m\left(\frac{d^2 \overrightarrow{r}^2}{dt^2}\right)=m\left(\frac{d^2 \overrightarrow{r}}{dt^2}\right).\overrightarrow{r}+m\left(\frac{d \overrightarrow{r}}{dt}\right)^2<br />

I cannot identify where it came from. Can you help me?
 
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intervoxel said:
Hi,

I'm reading a paper on foundations of QM where the expression below

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$$\begin{align}
\frac{1}{2} m \frac{d}{dt} \frac{d}{dt} \left( \mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{r} \right) &= \frac{1}{2} m \frac{d}{dt} \left( \frac{d \mathbf{r}}{dt} \cdot \mathbf{r} + \mathbf{r} \cdot \frac{d \mathbf{r}}{dt} \right)\\
&= m \frac{d}{dt} \left( \frac{d \mathbf{r}}{dt} \cdot \mathbf{r} \right)\\
&= m \frac{d^2 \mathbf{r}}{dt^2} \cdot \mathbf{r} +m \frac{d \mathbf{r}}{dt} \cdot \frac{d \mathbf{r}}{dt}
\end{align}$$
 
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ZapperZ said:
This is not sufficient for our forum. You must make proper citation to your source, as if you're citing it in a paper (i.e. author, journal, volume, pg number, year).

Yes, we may be just a public forum, but we require such level of citation whenever possible.

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O.k.

A New Stochastic Model of the Causal Interpretation of Quantum Theory on the Development of the Fundamental Concept of Mass
arXiv.org > quant-ph > arXiv:1311.1836
Muhamad Darwis Umar
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