<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162</id><updated>2024-08-29T00:06:13.934-07:00</updated><title type='text'>miraclestarboy</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-2920976927227150284</id><published>2021-02-24T20:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2021-02-24T20:10:10.383-08:00</updated><title type='text'>42)Sheikh Hasina the right choice as key guest to the Republic Day time but trust the PMO to miss the obvious&#xa;</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://indiarepublicday.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;India Republic Day&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- From a record 10 Chief Visitors for the Republic Day Celebration in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as significantly a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the box approach to foreign policy.
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From the record 10 Chief Visitors for the Republic Day Celebration in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as significantly a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the box approach to foreign policy since his blind spots even though zeroing in on an amazing foreign dignitary.

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Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest this season for umpteen reasons nonetheless it obviously didnt occur to Modi to single her out for the honour. I shiver to even speculate if the visionary and statesman including Modi is blinded by simply her religion or gender or both to pass your girlfriend up?

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Instead of inviting British PM Boris Johnson who else ultimately chickened out Hasina should have been Modis intelligent choice this year as it is the particular 50th anniversary of the birth and labor of Bangladesh in 1971 plus the 50th year of the organization of diplomatic relations in between New Delhi and Dhaka. Indias role in the creation
 of Bangladesh by bashing the Pakistani army is simply too well known. I have brought it up only to underline our buy-ins in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast as well as unwavering ally in South Asia who has even surpassesd swords with Pakistan about Indias behalf. Her genuine commitment to New Delhi is a proven and recognized fact. My friends in the Outer Affairs Ministry and the safety establishment tell me that that particular of the biggest priorities in our foreign policy is to be sure that Hasina somehow remains the particular PM of Bangladesh that proves how invested we could in her.
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Modi have a strange fixation for Very first World leaders. Last year this individual pulled out all stops to seize Donald Trump as the Primary Guest to show his home constituency that whether it is Barrack Obama or Trump zero US President can say no to Modi. But Trump was too frightened by simply pollution levels in Delhi or simply too bored with Modi to accept the invitation that resulted in an eleventh hr invite to the obnoxious as well as repulsive Jair Bolsonaro rega
rding Brazil. In a sense Modi acquired the last laugh though. He / she lured Trump to Ahmedabad and Delhi in Feb 2020 with the promise involving Gujarati votes in the US elections! This time Modi eyed the particular dishevelled Johnson who is incidentally also hard of listening to. It was a done offer until it suddenly fell by way of so close to January 28 that finding another Primary Guest on the rebound has been well and truly extremely hard leaving Modi stranded.
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Hasina has done so much for Indian that Modi keeps forking over Bangladesh compliment after compliment. He recently described the actual phase of bilateral interaction as the golden era involving India-Bangladesh ties. Modi absolutely doesnt talk out of the hat. He means just what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit along with Hasina on December 18 2020 he said: Bangladesh is a major pillar involving Indias Neighbourhood First policy. From the very first day as PM HOURS strengthening and development of interaction with Ban
gladesh has been a exclusive priority for me.  Hasina immediately reciprocated by calling India Bangladeshs true friend.
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There are far too many instances of this kind of cordial exchanges. But I was most touched by what Hasina said during a World Financial Forum meeting in 2018 in Dalian. Our interaction with India are organic. It cannot be measured by a few billion dollars involving trade. India and Bangladesh shed blood together for that creation of my state. 
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r 2020 India posted a new High Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who else drove to Dhaka as opposed to flying there. While visiting the Awami League headquarters about December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper said that if the Awami League isnt there Indian will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed real doesnt Awami League supremo Hasina - who has invited Modi to Dhaka for the reason that Chief Guest on the situation of the 50th anniversary involving Bangladeshs independence in March 2021 - deserve to be the Chief Guest at our own Republic Day?</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/2920976927227150284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/02/42sheikh-hasina-right-choice-as-key.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/2920976927227150284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/2920976927227150284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/02/42sheikh-hasina-right-choice-as-key.html' title='42)Sheikh Hasina the right choice as key guest to the Republic Day time but trust the PMO to miss the obvious&#xa;'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-3806206931509853557</id><published>2021-01-21T04:39:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2021-01-21T04:39:14.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What Is Icon Designing?</title><content type='html'>One of the ways to improve your chances of success in &lt;a href=&quot;https://theadvertorial.com/products/icon-designing?_pos=1&amp;amp;_sid=7387e0b76&amp;amp;_ss=r&quot;&gt;icon designing&lt;/a&gt; is by asking questions. 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Creating unique icons can take some work, but designers can ensure that each symbol fits with its surrounding elements. For example, they can place an apple in front of a blue background or a cat in front of a purple background. Clever designers can use these symbols to make an outstanding and perfectly co-ordinated icon design. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It takes a combination of artistic skills and technical knowledge to become an icon designer. For this reason, most graphic designers begin their careers as interns at reputable studios where they complete small projects to learn the technical aspects of creating icons. Graduates can continue learning by completing smaller projects and eventually become full-time professionals working with a number of different clients. If you need to increase your professional portfolio, consider applying to freelance job sites. 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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Newtonian mechanics, &lt;b&gt;linear momentum&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;translational momentum&lt;/b&gt;, or simply &lt;b&gt;momentum&lt;/b&gt; (pl. momenta) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction. If &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is an object&#39;s mass and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is its velocity (also a vector quantity), then the object&#39;s momentum is:&lt;br/&gt;
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In SI units, momentum is measured in kilogram meters per second (kg⋅m/s).
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newton&#39;s second law of motion states that the rate of change of a body&#39;s momentum is equal to the net force acting on it. Momentum depends on the frame of reference, but in any inertial frame it is a &lt;i&gt;conserved&lt;/i&gt; quantity, meaning that if a closed system is not affected by external forces, its total linear momentum does not change. Momentum is also conserved in special relativity (with a modified formula) and, in a modified form,  in electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and general relativity. It is an expression of one of the fundamental symmetries of space and time: translational symmetry.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Advanced formulations of classical mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, allow one to choose coordinate systems that incorporate symmetries and constraints. In these systems the conserved quantity is  &lt;b&gt;generalized momentum&lt;/b&gt;, and in general this is different from the &lt;b&gt;kinetic&lt;/b&gt; momentum defined above. The concept of generalized momentum is carried over into quantum mechanics, where it becomes an operator on a wave function. The momentum and position operators are related by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In continuous systems such as electromagnetic fields, fluid dynamics and deformable bodies, a momentum density can be defined, and a continuum version of the conservation of momentum leads to equations such as the Navier–Stokes equations for fluids or the Cauchy momentum equation for deformable solids or fluids.
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Single_particle&quot;&gt;Single particle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The momentum of a particle is conventionally represented by the letter &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. It is the product of two quantities, the particle&#39;s mass (represented by the letter &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) and its velocity (&lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;):
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;p=mv.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ffd84eb5cc8d8ca0cefd6f93d8a00fbacb4da17f&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:8.172ex; height:2.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The unit of momentum is the product of the units of mass and velocity. In SI units, if the mass is in kilograms and the velocity is in meters per second then the momentum is in kilogram meters per second (kg⋅m/s). In cgs units, if the mass is in grams and the velocity in centimeters per second, then the momentum is in gram centimeters per second (g⋅cm/s).
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being a vector, momentum has magnitude and direction. For example, a 1 kg model airplane, traveling due north at 1 m/s in straight and level flight, has a momentum of 1 kg⋅m/s due north measured with reference to the ground.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Many_particles&quot;&gt;Many particles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The momentum of a system of particles is the vector sum of their momenta. If two particles have respective masses &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and velocities &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the total momentum is
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&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mspace width=&quot;thinmathspace&quot;&gt;&lt;/mspace&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mtd&gt;
&lt;/mtr&gt;
&lt;/mtable&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}p&amp;amp;=p_{1}+p_{2}\\&amp;amp;=m_{1}v_{1}+m_{2}v_{2}\,.\end{aligned}}}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\begin{aligned}p&amp;amp;=p_{1}+p_{2}\\&amp;amp;=m_{1}v_{1}+m_{2}v_{2}\,.\end{aligned}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4fe17d5389e60187d1d65004d9512046244c37be&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:19.447ex; height:5.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The momenta of more than two particles can be added more generally with the following:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle p=\sum _{i}m_{i}v_{i}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;munder&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;∑&lt;!-- ∑ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/munder&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle p=\sum _{i}m_{i}v_{i}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle p=\sum _{i}m_{i}v_{i}.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7bb4d4327b75bf0c95cec88e11852c64191d24da&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.005ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:13.514ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;A system of particles has a center of mass, a point determined by the weighted sum of their positions:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle r_{\text{cm}}={\frac {m_{1}r_{1}+m_{2}r_{2}+\cdots }{m_{1}+m_{2}+\cdots }}={\frac {\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}r_{i}}{\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}}}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;r&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mtext&gt;cm&lt;/mtext&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mfrac&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;r&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;r&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;⋯&lt;!-- ⋯ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;⋯&lt;!-- ⋯ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mfrac&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mfrac&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;munder&gt;
&lt;mo movablelimits=&quot;false&quot;&gt;∑&lt;!-- ∑ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/munder&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;r&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;munder&gt;
&lt;mo movablelimits=&quot;false&quot;&gt;∑&lt;!-- ∑ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/munder&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;i&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mfrac&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle r_{\text{cm}}={\frac {m_{1}r_{1}+m_{2}r_{2}+\cdots }{m_{1}+m_{2}+\cdots }}={\frac {\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}r_{i}}{\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}}}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle r_{\text{cm}}={\frac {m_{1}r_{1}+m_{2}r_{2}+\cdots }{m_{1}+m_{2}+\cdots }}={\frac {\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}r_{i}}{\sum \limits _{i}m_{i}}}.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/59909600c8dafe20f025a4e408401169bc9bda2f&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -4.338ex; width:38.224ex; height:9.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If one or more of the particles is moving, the center of mass of the system will generally be moving as well (unless the system is in pure rotation around it). If the total mass of the particles is &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle m}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle m}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;m&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0a07d98bb302f3856cbabc47b2b9016692e3f7bc&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.04ex; height:1.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and the center of mass is moving at velocity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;cm&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the momentum of the system is:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle p=mv_{\text{cm}}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mtext&gt;cm&lt;/mtext&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle p=mv_{\text{cm}}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;p=mv_{\text{cm}}.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/820e8ac543167e213ad98d35a031075ca69004c7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:10.503ex; height:2.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is known as Euler&#39;s first law.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Relation_to_force&quot;&gt;Relation to force&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the net force &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; applied to a particle is constant, and is applied for a time interval &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;Δ&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the momentum of the particle changes by an amount
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot; data-qid=&quot;Q2397319&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \Delta p=F\Delta t\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Δ&lt;!-- Δ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Δ&lt;!-- Δ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mspace width=&quot;thinmathspace&quot;&gt;&lt;/mspace&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle \Delta p=F\Delta t\,.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\Delta p=F\Delta t\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/96ed84409d35164bb09b2e3d994d04d3eccd4e98&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:11.754ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;In differential form, this is Newton&#39;s second law; the rate of change of the momentum of a particle is equal to the instantaneous force &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; acting on it,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle F={\frac {dp}{dt}}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mfrac&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mfrac&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle F={\frac {dp}{dt}}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;F={\frac {dp}{dt}}.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5c3e7a8e9cf0e66d520460dd2b409b1a9cd2ee0d&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:8.708ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the net force experienced by a particle changes as a function of time, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F(t)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the change in momentum (or impulse &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;J&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;) between times &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \Delta p=J=\int _{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}F(t)\,dt\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;normal&quot;&gt;Δ&lt;!-- Δ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;J&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msubsup&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;∫&lt;!-- ∫ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msubsup&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo stretchy=&quot;false&quot;&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo stretchy=&quot;false&quot;&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mspace width=&quot;thinmathspace&quot;&gt;&lt;/mspace&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mspace width=&quot;thinmathspace&quot;&gt;&lt;/mspace&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle \Delta p=J=\int _{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}F(t)\,dt\,.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \Delta p=J=\int _{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}F(t)\,dt\,.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5483a6e89e9084225bc6c63001e7e9cc4f8a14d1&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:23.149ex; height:6.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Impulse is measured in the derived units of the newton second (1 N⋅s = 1 kg⋅m/s) or dyne second (1 dyne⋅s = 1 g⋅cm/s)
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under the assumption of constant mass &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, it is equivalent to write
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle F={\frac {d(mv)}{dt}}=m{\frac {dv}{dt}}=ma,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mstyle displaystyle=&quot;true&quot; scriptlevel=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;F&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mfrac&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo stretchy=&quot;false&quot;&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo stretchy=&quot;false&quot;&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mfrac&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mfrac&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mrow&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/mfrac&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;a&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;/mstyle&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
{\displaystyle F={\frac {d(mv)}{dt}}=m{\frac {dv}{dt}}=ma,}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle F={\frac {d(mv)}{dt}}=m{\frac {dv}{dt}}=ma,}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/eed5f49e7243c2dd33a78c37d8e2204f5073ef39&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:27.203ex; height:5.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;hence the net force is equal to the mass of the particle times its acceleration.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Example&lt;/i&gt;: A model airplane of mass 1 kg accelerates from rest to a velocity of 6 m/s due north in 2 s. The net force required to produce this acceleration is 3 newtons due north. The change in momentum is 6 kg⋅m/s due north. The rate of change of momentum is 3 (kg⋅m/s)/s due north which is numerically equivalent to 3 newtons.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Conservation&quot;&gt;Conservation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a closed system (one that does not exchange any matter with its surroundings and is not acted on by external forces) the total momentum is constant. This fact, known as the &lt;i&gt;law of conservation of momentum&lt;/i&gt;, is implied by Newton&#39;s laws of motion. Suppose, for example, that two particles interact. Because of the third law, the forces between them are equal and opposite. If the particles are numbered 1 and 2, the second law states that &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt; = &lt;style data-mw-deduplicate=&quot;TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot;&gt;.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dp&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; = &lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dp&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Therefore,
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{\displaystyle {\frac {dp_{1}}{dt}}=-{\frac {dp_{2}}{dt}},}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\frac {dp_{1}}{dt}}=-{\frac {dp_{2}}{dt}},&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fcf9a4e071c329dca7cc1de87962f727287cf38a&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:14.105ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;with the negative sign indicating that the forces oppose. Equivalently,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(p_{1}+p_{2}\right)=0.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(p_{1}+p_{2}\right)=0.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\frac {d}{dt}}\left(p_{1}+p_{2}\right)=0.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3d193c4bdd0c6f8e5a434e1abfe2298585d52125&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:17.284ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the velocities of the particles are &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; before the interaction, and afterwards they are &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, then
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot; data-qid=&quot;Q2305665&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}=m_{1}v_{1}+m_{2}v_{2}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}=m_{1}v_{1}+m_{2}v_{2}.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a6d71bee7361755de5ffbe3fc990f07cd42bb610&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:30.936ex; height:2.343ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;This law holds no matter how complicated the force is between particles. Similarly, if there are several particles, the momentum exchanged between each pair of particles adds up to zero, so the total change in momentum is zero. This conservation law applies to all interactions, including collisions and separations caused by explosive forces. It can also be generalized to situations where Newton&#39;s laws do not hold, for example in the theory of relativity and in electrodynamics.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Dependence_on_reference_frame&quot;&gt;Dependence on reference frame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Momentum is a measurable quantity, and the measurement depends on the motion of the observer. For example: if an apple is sitting in a glass elevator that is descending, an outside observer, looking into the elevator, sees the apple moving, so, to that observer, the apple has a non-zero momentum. To someone inside the elevator, the apple does not move, so, it has zero momentum. The two observers each have a frame of reference, in which, they observe motions, and, if the elevator is descending steadily, they will see behavior that is consistent with those same physical laws.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suppose a particle has position &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in a stationary frame of reference. From the point of view of another frame of reference, moving at a uniform speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the position (represented by a primed coordinate) changes with time as
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle x&#39;=x-ut\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;x&#39;=x-ut\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/05b7bb71b62bcd46e6e5e85be6c2624e0ad3bf27&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:12.486ex; height:2.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is called a Galilean transformation. If the particle is moving at speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dx&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; = &lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the first frame of reference, in the second, it is moving at speed
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle v&#39;={\frac {dx&#39;}{dt}}=v-u\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;v&#39;={\frac {dx&#39;}{dt}}=v-u\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fd2fbfb69bbe7e07a3d11d193e30cd6dd2fd7b12&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:18.407ex; height:5.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; does not change, the accelerations are the same:
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;a&#39;={\frac {dv&#39;}{dt}}=a\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/639332eb88f24746a319fd4c73cac533d653dc88&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:14.24ex; height:5.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thus, momentum is conserved in both reference frames. Moreover, as long as the force has the same form, in both frames, Newton&#39;s second law is unchanged. Forces such as Newtonian gravity, which depend only on the scalar distance between objects, satisfy this criterion. This independence of reference frame is called Newtonian relativity or Galilean invariance.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A change of reference frame, can, often, simplify calculations of motion. For example, in a collision of two particles, a reference frame can be chosen, where, one particle begins at rest. Another, commonly used reference frame, is the center of mass frame – one that is moving with the center of mass. In this frame,
the total momentum is zero.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Application_to_collisions&quot;&gt;Application to collisions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;By itself, the law of conservation of momentum is not enough to determine the motion of particles after a collision. Another property of the motion, kinetic energy, must be known. This is not necessarily conserved. If it is conserved, the collision is called an &lt;i&gt;elastic collision&lt;/i&gt;; if not, it is an &lt;i&gt;inelastic collision&lt;/i&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Elastic_collisions&quot;&gt;Elastic collisions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;An elastic collision is one in which no kinetic energy is absorbed in the collision. Perfectly elastic &quot;collisions&quot; can occur when the objects do not touch each other, as for example in atomic or nuclear scattering where electric repulsion keeps them apart. A slingshot maneuver of a satellite around a planet can also be viewed as a perfectly elastic collision. A collision between two pool balls is a good example of an &lt;i&gt;almost&lt;/i&gt; totally elastic collision, due to their high rigidity, but when bodies come in contact there is always some dissipation.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A head-on elastic collision between two bodies can be represented by velocities in one dimension, along a line passing through the bodies. If the velocities are &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; before the collision and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after, the equations expressing conservation of momentum and kinetic energy are:
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\begin{aligned}m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}&amp;amp;=m_{1}v_{1}+m_{2}v_{2}\\{\tfrac {1}{2}}m_{1}u_{1}^{2}+{\tfrac {1}{2}}m_{2}u_{2}^{2}&amp;amp;={\tfrac {1}{2}}m_{1}v_{1}^{2}+{\tfrac {1}{2}}m_{2}v_{2}^{2}\,.\end{aligned}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/755491816f23c39b1d6b206a9ba7087f4f5be11d&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.671ex; width:38.707ex; height:6.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;A change of reference frame can simplify analysis of a collision. For example, suppose there are two bodies of equal mass &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, one stationary and one approaching the other at a speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (as in the figure). The center of mass is moving at speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and both bodies are moving towards it at speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Because of the symmetry, after the collision both must be moving away from the center of mass at the same speed. Adding the speed of the center of mass to both, we find that the body that was moving is now stopped and the other is moving away at speed &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The bodies have exchanged their velocities. Regardless of the velocities of the bodies, a switch to the center of mass frame leads us to the same conclusion. Therefore, the final velocities are given by
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{\displaystyle v_{2}=\left({\frac {m_{2}-m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}\right)u_{2}+\left({\frac {2m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}\right)u_{1}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;v_{2}=\left({\frac {m_{2}-m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}\right)u_{2}+\left({\frac {2m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}\right)u_{1}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0e058a28805ec2d0254102cf0e8878ac02d818f9&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:41.271ex; height:6.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If one body has much greater mass than the other, its velocity will be little affected by a collision while the other body will experience a large change.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Inelastic_collisions&quot;&gt;Inelastic collisions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an inelastic collision, some of the kinetic energy of the colliding bodies is converted into other forms of energy (such as heat or sound). Examples include traffic collisions, in which the effect of loss of kinetic energy can be seen in the damage to the vehicles; electrons losing some of their energy to atoms (as in the Franck–Hertz experiment); and particle accelerators in which the kinetic energy is converted into mass in the form of new particles.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a perfectly inelastic collision (such as a bug hitting a windshield), both bodies have the same motion afterwards. A head-on inelastic collision between two bodies can be represented by velocities in one dimension, along a line passing through the bodies. If the velocities are &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; before the collision then in a perfectly inelastic collision both bodies will be travelling with velocity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after the collision. The equation expressing conservation of momentum is:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}&amp;amp;=\left(m_{1}+m_{2}\right)v\,.\end{aligned}}}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}&amp;amp;=\left(m_{1}+m_{2}\right)v\,.\end{aligned}}}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}m_{1}u_{1}+m_{2}u_{2}&amp;amp;=\left(m_{1}+m_{2}\right)v\,.\end{aligned}}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/46a5352dd84e2710f59c40a6a5e2464db34eff1d&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:31.035ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If one body is motionless to begin with (e.g. &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle u_{2}=0}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle u_{2}=0}
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle m_{1}u_{1}=\left(m_{1}+m_{2}\right)v\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle v={\frac {m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}u_{1}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle v={\frac {m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}u_{1}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;v={\frac {m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}}u_{1}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ba5421afd11bd34b7a45ae204ebb89ff4f7c6b68&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:17.51ex; height:5.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a different situation, if the frame of reference is moving at the final velocity such that &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle v=0}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle v=0}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ba3d414a23bf4ecfa36cdd039241efc60a5bd9e0&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:5.389ex; height:2.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the objects would be brought to rest by a perfectly inelastic collision and 100% of the kinetic energy is converted to other forms of energy. In this instance the initial velocities of the bodies would be non-zero, or the bodies would have to be massless.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One measure of the inelasticity of the collision is the coefficient of restitution &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;C&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;R&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, defined as the ratio of relative velocity of separation to relative velocity of approach. In applying this measure to a ball bouncing from a solid surface, this can be easily measured using the following formula:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle C_{\text{R}}={\sqrt {\frac {\text{bounce height}}{\text{drop height}}}}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;C_{\text{R}}={\sqrt {\frac {\text{bounce height}}{\text{drop height}}}}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/89c352c513f4323754caefd5d0c9f301ee18107a&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.171ex; width:24.413ex; height:7.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The momentum and energy equations also apply to the motions of objects that begin together and then move apart. For example, an explosion is the result of a chain reaction that transforms potential energy stored in chemical, mechanical, or nuclear form into kinetic energy, acoustic energy, and electromagnetic radiation. Rockets also make use of conservation of momentum: propellant is thrust outward, gaining momentum, and an equal and opposite momentum is imparted to the rocket.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Multiple_dimensions&quot;&gt;Multiple dimensions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real motion has both direction and velocity and must be represented by a vector. In a coordinate system with &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;y&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;z&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; axes, velocity has components &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-direction, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;y&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;y&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-direction, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;z&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;z&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-direction. The vector is represented by a boldface symbol:
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {v} =\left(v_{x},v_{y},v_{z}\right).}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {v} =\left(v_{x},v_{y},v_{z}\right).&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/87828c8eca817d5a29bbc10ed280a19589fab149&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:16.027ex; height:3.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, the momentum is a vector quantity and is represented by a boldface symbol:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =\left(p_{x},p_{y},p_{z}\right).}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;x&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;y&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;z&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =\left(p_{x},p_{y},p_{z}\right).}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {p} =\left(p_{x},p_{y},p_{z}\right).&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f811d2e927c0b4fcc89d88be76237af3ac53748d&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:16.227ex; height:3.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The equations in the previous sections, work in vector form if the scalars &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; are replaced by vectors &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;p&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Each vector equation represents three scalar equations. For example,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =m\mathbf {v} }&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =m\mathbf {v} }
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {p} =m\mathbf {v} &quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a271a96e7b925fd39686375167c76d406e87c813&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:8.035ex; height:2.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;represents three equations:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}p_{x}&amp;amp;=mv_{x}\\p_{y}&amp;amp;=mv_{y}\\p_{z}&amp;amp;=mv_{z}.\end{aligned}}}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;y&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;y&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;z&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;z&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}p_{x}&amp;amp;=mv_{x}\\p_{y}&amp;amp;=mv_{y}\\p_{z}&amp;amp;=mv_{z}.\end{aligned}}}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\begin{aligned}p_{x}&amp;amp;=mv_{x}\\p_{y}&amp;amp;=mv_{y}\\p_{z}&amp;amp;=mv_{z}.\end{aligned}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/048790c67b2f03abfdefa3c80144a78fa965a15c&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -4.005ex; width:11.008ex; height:9.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The kinetic energy equations are exceptions to the above replacement rule. The equations are still one-dimensional, but each scalar represents the magnitude of the vector, for example,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle v^{2}=v_{x}^{2}+v_{y}^{2}+v_{z}^{2}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
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&lt;msup&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msubsup&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;x&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
&lt;/msubsup&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msubsup&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;y&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msubsup&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mrow class=&quot;MJX-TeXAtom-ORD&quot;&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;z&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;/mrow&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle v^{2}=v_{x}^{2}+v_{y}^{2}+v_{z}^{2}\,.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;v^{2}=v_{x}^{2}+v_{y}^{2}+v_{z}^{2}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/bdc305729a263c2bbcdab32f6f765118536af299&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:18.659ex; height:3.343ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each vector equation represents three scalar equations. Often coordinates can be chosen so that only two components are needed, as in the figure. Each component can be obtained separately and the results combined to produce a vector result.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A simple construction involving the center of mass frame can be used to show that if a stationary elastic sphere is struck by a moving sphere, the two will head off at right angles after the collision (as in the figure).
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Objects_of_variable_mass&quot;&gt;Objects of variable mass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The concept of momentum plays a fundamental role in explaining the behavior of variable-mass objects such as a rocket ejecting fuel or a star accreting gas. In analyzing such an object, one treats the object&#39;s mass as a function that varies with time: &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. The momentum of the object at time &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is therefore &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;) = &lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. One might then try to invoke Newton&#39;s second law of motion by saying that the external force &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on the object is related to its momentum &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; by &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;F&lt;/i&gt; = &lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dp&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, but this is incorrect, as is the related expression found by applying the product rule to &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;d&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;mv&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}+v(t){\frac {dm}{dt}}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;+&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}+v(t){\frac {dm}{dt}}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}+v(t){\frac {dm}{dt}}.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4550eafdee3dc042d0aca5ec334bd34d85812505&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:24.064ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (incorrect)&lt;i&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;It is not shown why the derivation is incorrect. (May 2019)&quot;&gt;why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;This equation does not correctly describe the motion of variable-mass objects. The correct equation is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}-u{\frac {dm}{dt}},}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;t&lt;/mi&gt;
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{\displaystyle F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}-u{\frac {dm}{dt}},}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;F=m(t){\frac {dv}{dt}}-u{\frac {dm}{dt}},&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f0a66d21e7298ea258a835fac933bae91f6a999a&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:21.617ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;u&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the velocity of the ejected/accreted mass &lt;i&gt;as seen in the object&#39;s rest frame&lt;/i&gt;. This is distinct from &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, which is the velocity of the object itself as seen in an inertial frame.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This equation is derived by keeping track of both the momentum of the object as well as the momentum of the ejected/accreted mass (&lt;i&gt;dm&lt;/i&gt;). When considered together, the object and the mass (&lt;i&gt;dm&lt;/i&gt;) constitute a closed system in which total momentum is conserved.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle P(t+dt)=(m-dm)(v+dv)+dm(v-u)=mv+mdv-udm=P(t)+mdv-udm}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle P(t+dt)=(m-dm)(v+dv)+dm(v-u)=mv+mdv-udm=P(t)+mdv-udm}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle P(t+dt)=(m-dm)(v+dv)+dm(v-u)=mv+mdv-udm=P(t)+mdv-udm}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e2b65aeff567e884b762d7135b4c87e261f0a0dc&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:86.72ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/6837462896714452668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/newtonian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/6837462896714452668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/6837462896714452668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/newtonian.html' title='Newtonian'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-1035894590320196078</id><published>2021-01-20T04:07:00.013-08:00</published><updated>2021-01-20T04:07:59.299-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Relativistic</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; data-file-height=&quot;292&quot; data-file-width=&quot;316&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; height=&quot;203&quot; src=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/220px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png&quot; srcset=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/330px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/440px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 2x&quot; width=&quot;220&quot;/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Lorentz_invariance&quot;&gt;Lorentz invariance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newtonian physics assumes that absolute time and space exist outside of any observer; this gives rise to Galilean invariance. It also results in a prediction that the speed of light can vary from one reference frame to another. This is contrary to observation. In the special theory of relativity, Einstein keeps the postulate that the equations of motion do not depend on the reference frame, but assumes that the speed of light &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is invariant. As a result, position and time in two reference frames are related by the Lorentz transformation instead of the Galilean transformation.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider, for example, one reference frame moving relative to another at velocity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; direction. The Galilean transformation gives the coordinates of the moving frame as
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}t&#39;&amp;amp;=t\\x&#39;&amp;amp;=x-vt\end{aligned}}}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}t&#39;&amp;amp;=t\\x&#39;&amp;amp;=x-vt\end{aligned}}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c037154888facbaaea129b6cb93719cc067fa800&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:12.002ex; height:5.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;while the Lorentz transformation gives
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}t&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(t-{\frac {vx}{c^{2}}}\right)\\x&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(x-vt\right)\,\end{aligned}}}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}t&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(t-{\frac {vx}{c^{2}}}\right)\\x&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(x-vt\right)\,\end{aligned}}}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}t&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(t-{\frac {vx}{c^{2}}}\right)\\x&#39;&amp;amp;=\gamma \left(x-vt\right)\,\end{aligned}}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/bd5d38963e4c0c8c9b0aec9aca30e6c49ab68c34&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.788ex; margin-bottom: -0.217ex; width:17.908ex; height:9.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;γ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the Lorentz factor:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot; data-qid=&quot;Q599404&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \gamma ={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
&lt;semantics&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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{\displaystyle \gamma ={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}.}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \gamma ={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cfe4e10cca53d8ca26a83eaf41c74c23b3ce4219&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.171ex; width:17.576ex; height:6.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newton&#39;s second law, with mass fixed, is not invariant under a Lorentz transformation. However, it can be made invariant by making the &lt;i&gt;inertial mass&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of an object a function of velocity:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle m=\gamma m_{0}\,;}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle m=\gamma m_{0}\,;}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;m=\gamma m_{0}\,;&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e966a59aaab70d4dd8855d02c0da45afc9c97e2c&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:10.53ex; height:2.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the object&#39;s invariant mass.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The modified momentum,
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =\gamma m_{0}\mathbf {v} \,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} =\gamma m_{0}\mathbf {v} \,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {p} =\gamma m_{0}\mathbf {v} \,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d2c196a3d5f67016106e1b305fc89cf06e914b8a&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:11.386ex; height:2.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;obeys Newton&#39;s second law:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {F} ={\frac {d\mathbf {p} }{dt}}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {F} ={\frac {d\mathbf {p} }{dt}}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {F} ={\frac {d\mathbf {p} }{dt}}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/99ecbac6df650ec669de4173a064ab3824920644&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:9.352ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within the domain of classical mechanics, relativistic momentum closely approximates Newtonian momentum: at low velocity, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;γm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is approximately equal to &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the Newtonian expression for momentum.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Four-vector_formulation&quot;&gt;Four-vector formulation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the theory of special relativity, physical quantities are expressed in terms of four-vectors that include time as a fourth coordinate along with the three space coordinates. These vectors are generally represented by capital letters, for example &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for position. The expression for the &lt;i&gt;four-momentum&lt;/i&gt; depends on how the coordinates are expressed. Time may be given in its normal units or multiplied by the speed of light so that all the components of the four-vector have dimensions of length. If the latter scaling is used, an interval of proper time, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;τ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, defined by
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle c^{2}d\tau ^{2}=c^{2}dt^{2}-dx^{2}-dy^{2}-dz^{2}\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;τ&lt;!-- τ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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{\displaystyle c^{2}d\tau ^{2}=c^{2}dt^{2}-dx^{2}-dy^{2}-dz^{2}\,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;c^{2}d\tau ^{2}=c^{2}dt^{2}-dx^{2}-dy^{2}-dz^{2}\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0d4dc3768ee0bcbd1ca8c38e0563667d82f20513&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:33.804ex; height:3.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;is invariant under Lorentz transformations (in this expression and in what follows the &lt;span class=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;(+ − − −)&lt;/span&gt; metric signature has been used, different authors use different conventions). Mathematically this invariance can be ensured in one of two ways: by treating the four-vectors as Euclidean vectors and multiplying time by &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;√&lt;span style=&quot;border-top:1px solid; padding:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;−1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; or by keeping time a real quantity and embedding the vectors in a Minkowski space. In a Minkowski space, the scalar product of two four-vectors &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;U&lt;/b&gt; = (&lt;i&gt;U&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;U&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;U&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;U&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;V&lt;/b&gt; = (&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;,&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; is defined as
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {U} \cdot \mathbf {V} =U_{0}V_{0}-U_{1}V_{1}-U_{2}V_{2}-U_{3}V_{3}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;0&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;−&lt;!-- − --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;U&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;1&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;/msub&gt;
&lt;mo&gt;−&lt;!-- − --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;U&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;2&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;−&lt;!-- − --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
&lt;msub&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;U&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mn&gt;3&lt;/mn&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {U} \cdot \mathbf {V} =U_{0}V_{0}-U_{1}V_{1}-U_{2}V_{2}-U_{3}V_{3}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {U} \cdot \mathbf {V} =U_{0}V_{0}-U_{1}V_{1}-U_{2}V_{2}-U_{3}V_{3}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7c3dfb58b4e97dd14acfa16692a0a639a3588979&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:38.614ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;In all the coordinate systems, the (contravariant) relativistic four-velocity is defined by
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {U} \equiv {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{d\tau }}=\gamma {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{dt}}\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;U&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;≡&lt;!-- ≡ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;R&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
&lt;mi&gt;τ&lt;!-- τ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;!-- γ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;R&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;d&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {U} \equiv {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{d\tau }}=\gamma {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{dt}}\,,}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {U} \equiv {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{d\tau }}=\gamma {\frac {d\mathbf {R} }{dt}}\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/67b27d4899d8a56c16d5ee3a8d935894fb60aae9&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:18.66ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;and the (contravariant) four-momentum is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot; data-qid=&quot;Q1068463&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =m_{0}\mathbf {U} \,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;P&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;m&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;U&lt;/mi&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =m_{0}\mathbf {U} \,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {P} =m_{0}\mathbf {U} \,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/40cec5840d1b8724ce04e95c8b428575e3060fb8&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:11.11ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the invariant mass. If &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt; = (&lt;i&gt;ct,x,y,z&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; (in Minkowski space), then
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\gamma m_{0}\left(c,\mathbf {v} \right)=(mc,\mathbf {p} )\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;γ&lt;!-- γ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;c&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;v&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\gamma m_{0}\left(c,\mathbf {v} \right)=(mc,\mathbf {p} )\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {P} =\gamma m_{0}\left(c,\mathbf {v} \right)=(mc,\mathbf {p} )\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2bae79ae206d7d8da13d9d9110efc7403608a6ef&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:26.438ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using Einstein&#39;s mass-energy equivalence, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;E&lt;/i&gt; = &lt;i&gt;mc&lt;/i&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;, this can be rewritten as
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\left({\frac {E}{c}},\mathbf {p} \right)\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;P&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;(&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;E&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;,&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi mathvariant=&quot;bold&quot;&gt;p&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mspace width=&quot;thinmathspace&quot;&gt;&lt;/mspace&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\left({\frac {E}{c}},\mathbf {p} \right)\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {P} =\left({\frac {E}{c}},\mathbf {p} \right)\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8675fb30bbff8e7d4152dd5c16e348ba79f9c976&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:14.898ex; height:6.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thus, conservation of four-momentum is Lorentz-invariant and implies conservation of both mass and energy.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The magnitude of the momentum four-vector is equal to &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle ||\mathbf {P} ||^{2}=\mathbf {P} \cdot \mathbf {P} =\gamma ^{2}m_{0}^{2}(c^{2}-v^{2})=(m_{0}c)^{2}\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle ||\mathbf {P} ||^{2}=\mathbf {P} \cdot \mathbf {P} =\gamma ^{2}m_{0}^{2}(c^{2}-v^{2})=(m_{0}c)^{2}\,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;||\mathbf {P} ||^{2}=\mathbf {P} \cdot \mathbf {P} =\gamma ^{2}m_{0}^{2}(c^{2}-v^{2})=(m_{0}c)^{2}\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ec61701d241b78bdc6d87f0bd3145874f52e2767&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:42.417ex; height:3.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;and is invariant across all reference frames.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The relativistic energy–momentum relationship holds even for massless particles such as photons; by setting &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt; = 0&lt;/span&gt; it follows that
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle E=pc\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle E=pc\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;E=pc\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c2e55dc867ed9d89166a2c7318f609e0cd5ff911&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:8.084ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a game of relativistic &quot;billiards&quot;, if a stationary particle is hit by a moving particle in an elastic collision, the paths formed by the two afterwards will form an acute angle. This is unlike the non-relativistic case where they travel at right angles.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The four-momentum of a planar wave can be related to a wave four-vector
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\left({\frac {E}{c}},{\vec {\mathbf {p} }}\right)=\hbar \mathbf {K} =\hbar \left({\frac {\omega }{c}},{\vec {\mathbf {k} }}\right)}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\left({\frac {E}{c}},{\vec {\mathbf {p} }}\right)=\hbar \mathbf {K} =\hbar \left({\frac {\omega }{c}},{\vec {\mathbf {k} }}\right)}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/aa7e3358ef32788e1fe4d339c6b47a90b379bddc&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:32.27ex; height:6.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a particle, the relationship between temporal components,  &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;E&lt;/i&gt; = &lt;i&gt;ħ&lt;/i&gt; ω&lt;/span&gt;, is the Planck–Einstein relation, and the relation between spatial components, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;p&lt;/b&gt;= &lt;i&gt;ħ&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;k&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, describes a de Broglie matter wave.
&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/1035894590320196078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/relativistic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/1035894590320196078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/1035894590320196078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/relativistic.html' title='Relativistic'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-5013951731820299011</id><published>2021-01-20T04:07:00.011-08:00</published><updated>2021-01-20T04:07:55.128-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Generalized</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; data-file-height=&quot;292&quot; data-file-width=&quot;316&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; height=&quot;203&quot; src=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/220px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png&quot; srcset=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/330px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/440px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 2x&quot; width=&quot;220&quot;/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newton&#39;s laws can be difficult to apply to many kinds of motion because the motion is limited by &lt;i&gt;constraints&lt;/i&gt;. For example, a bead on an abacus is constrained to move along its wire and a pendulum bob is constrained to swing at a fixed distance from the pivot. Many such constraints can be incorporated by changing the normal Cartesian coordinates to a set of &lt;i&gt;generalized coordinates&lt;/i&gt; that may be fewer in number. Refined mathematical methods have been developed for solving mechanics problems in generalized coordinates. They introduce a &lt;i&gt;generalized momentum&lt;/i&gt;, also known as the &lt;i&gt;canonical&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;conjugate momentum&lt;/i&gt;, that extends the concepts of both linear momentum and angular momentum. To distinguish it from generalized momentum, the product of mass and velocity is also referred to as &lt;i&gt;mechanical&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;kinetic&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;kinematic momentum&lt;/i&gt;. The two main methods are described below.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Lagrangian_mechanics&quot;&gt;Lagrangian mechanics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Lagrangian mechanics, a Lagrangian is defined as the difference between the kinetic energy &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the potential energy &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}=T-V\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}=T-V\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\mathcal {L}}=T-V\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cb009b20edbf4244a71a1f8564ba40a89e57fd64&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:12ex; height:2.343ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the generalized coordinates are represented as a vector &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;q&lt;/b&gt; = (&lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;, &lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, ... , &lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;) &lt;/span&gt; and time differentiation is represented by a dot over the variable, then the equations of motion (known as the Lagrange or Euler–Lagrange equations) are a set of &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;N&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; equations:
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\frac {d}{dt}}\left({\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial {\dot {q}}_{j}}}\right)-{\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial q_{j}}}=0\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e4f4113d560960028f9dee33bf50d879eb6594bb&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.171ex; width:23.637ex; height:7.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a coordinate &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is not a Cartesian coordinate, the associated generalized momentum component &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; does not necessarily have the dimensions of linear momentum. Even if &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a Cartesian coordinate, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will not be the same as the mechanical momentum if the potential depends on velocity.  Some sources represent the kinematic momentum by the symbol &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Π&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this mathematical framework, a generalized momentum is associated with the generalized coordinates. Its components are defined as
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{\displaystyle p_{j}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial {\dot {q}}_{j}}}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;p_{j}={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial {\dot {q}}_{j}}}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7a4539399149807e96a002329571bf09ab728257&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.838ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:10.742ex; height:6.343ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each component &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;j&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is said to be the &lt;i&gt;conjugate momentum&lt;/i&gt; for the coordinate &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;j&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now if a given coordinate &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; does not appear in the Lagrangian (although its time derivative might appear), then
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{\displaystyle p_{j}={\text{constant}}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;p_{j}={\text{constant}}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/3f732ccf8f0fa6c9227987c40f8527dd83a62479&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.005ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:14.969ex; height:2.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the generalization of the conservation of momentum.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if the generalized coordinates are just the ordinary spatial coordinates, the conjugate momenta are not necessarily the ordinary momentum coordinates. An example is found in the section on electromagnetism.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Hamiltonian_mechanics&quot;&gt;Hamiltonian mechanics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Hamiltonian mechanics, the Lagrangian (a function of generalized coordinates and their derivatives) is replaced by a Hamiltonian that is a function of generalized coordinates and momentum. The Hamiltonian is defined as
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{\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}\left(\mathbf {q} ,\mathbf {p} ,t\right)=\mathbf {p} \cdot {\dot {\mathbf {q} }}-{\mathcal {L}}\left(\mathbf {q} ,{\dot {\mathbf {q} }},t\right)\,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\mathcal {H}}\left(\mathbf {q} ,\mathbf {p} ,t\right)=\mathbf {p} \cdot {\dot {\mathbf {q} }}-{\mathcal {L}}\left(\mathbf {q} ,{\dot {\mathbf {q} }},t\right)\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f54145f5d85289262062b635cd5583d713c364c0&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:31.447ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where the momentum is obtained by differentiating the Lagrangian as above. The Hamiltonian equations of motion are
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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\dot {q}}_{i}&amp;amp;={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {H}}}{\partial p_{i}}}\\-{\dot {p}}_{i}&amp;amp;={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {H}}}{\partial q_{i}}}\\-{\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial t}}&amp;amp;={\frac {d{\mathcal {H}}}{dt}}\,.\end{aligned}}}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\begin{aligned}{\dot {q}}_{i}&amp;amp;={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {H}}}{\partial p_{i}}}\\-{\dot {p}}_{i}&amp;amp;={\frac {\partial {\mathcal {H}}}{\partial q_{i}}}\\-{\frac {\partial {\mathcal {L}}}{\partial t}}&amp;amp;={\frac {d{\mathcal {H}}}{dt}}\,.\end{aligned}}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f2d991115c504be88ea8d5aa51a8e06d181e404f&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -8.009ex; margin-bottom: -0.329ex; width:14.466ex; height:17.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;As in Lagrangian mechanics, if a generalized coordinate does not appear in the Hamiltonian, its conjugate momentum component is conserved.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Symmetry_and_conservation&quot;&gt;Symmetry and conservation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Conservation of momentum is a mathematical consequence of the homogeneity (shift symmetry) of space (position in space is the canonical conjugate quantity to momentum). That is, conservation of momentum is a consequence of the fact that the laws of physics do not depend on position; this is a special case of Noether&#39;s theorem. For systems that do not have this symmetry, it may not be possible to define conservation of momentum. Examples where conservation of momentum does not apply include curved spacetimes in general relativity or time crystals in condensed matter physics.
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {F} =q(\mathbf {E} +\mathbf {v} \times \mathbf {B} ).}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {F} =q(\mathbf {E} +\mathbf {v} \times \mathbf {B} ).&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/98b985e6332ac21f2eb2b6aeefae9135fe6fe3c6&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:19.057ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;(in SI units).:&lt;span&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;
It has an electric potential &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;φ&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;b&gt;r&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; and magnetic vector potential &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;r&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;.
In the non-relativistic regime, its generalized momentum is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} ,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} ,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} ,}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6d598dfaaef9d1d457882afd31e9f7aa402a24b4&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:14.953ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;while in relativistic mechanics this becomes
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\gamma m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} .}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\gamma m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} .}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} =\gamma m\mathbf {\mathbf {v} } +q\mathbf {A} .}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/9adf040ba5faf7e2c8b4b2d9126842872c80bcd2&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:16.215ex; height:2.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The quantity &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle V=q\mathbf {A} }&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;=&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle V=q\mathbf {A} }
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle V=q\mathbf {A} }&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/25a757f20e5f7993aa113df51870c17846cc253b&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:7.975ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is sometimes called the &lt;i&gt;potential momentum&lt;/i&gt;. It is the momentum due to the interaction of the particle with the electromagnetic fields. The name is an analogy with the potential energy &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle U=q\varphi }&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle U=q\varphi }
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle U=q\varphi }&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f382a2878b96c9f7beb61710056c123798d03689&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:7.471ex; height:2.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, which is the energy due to the interaction of the particle with the electromagnetic fields. These quantities form a four-vector, so the analogy is consistent; besides, the concept of potential momentum is important in explaining the so-called hidden-momentum of the electromagnetic fields
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Conservation_2&quot;&gt;Conservation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Newtonian mechanics, the law of conservation of momentum can be derived from the law of action and reaction, which states that every force has a reciprocating equal and opposite force. Under some circumstances, moving charged particles can exert forces on each other in non-opposite directions. Nevertheless, the combined momentum of the particles and the electromagnetic field is conserved.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Vacuum&quot;&gt;Vacuum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lorentz force imparts a momentum to the particle, so by Newton&#39;s second law the particle must impart a momentum to the electromagnetic fields.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a vacuum, the momentum per unit volume is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;μ&lt;!-- μ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;×&lt;!-- × --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,,}
&lt;/semantics&gt;
&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8c371084d5c2924bf8320bad230b7a1fac7b1460&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:17.321ex; height:5.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;μ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the vacuum permeability and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the speed of light. The momentum density is proportional to the Poynting vector &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;S&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; which gives the directional rate of energy transfer per unit area:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;c&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;.&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {g} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c0ddc861f562f9087b493317dc68094b75683f84&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:8.366ex; height:5.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If momentum is to be conserved over the volume &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;V&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; over a region &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, changes in the momentum of matter through the Lorentz force must be balanced by changes in the momentum of the electromagnetic field and outflow of momentum. If &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;P&lt;/b&gt;&lt;sub&gt;mech&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the momentum of all the particles in &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Q&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and the particles are treated as a continuum, then Newton&#39;s second law gives
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {d\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}}{dt}}=\iiint \limits _{Q}\left(\rho \mathbf {E} +\mathbf {J} \times \mathbf {B} \right)dV\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;∭&lt;!-- ∭ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;ρ&lt;!-- ρ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;×&lt;!-- × --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;)&lt;/mo&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;V&lt;/mi&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\frac {d\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}}{dt}}=\iiint \limits _{Q}\left(\rho \mathbf {E} +\mathbf {J} \times \mathbf {B} \right)dV\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {d\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}}{dt}}=\iiint \limits _{Q}\left(\rho \mathbf {E} +\mathbf {J} \times \mathbf {B} \right)dV\,.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/46d097251f3e34a246e6ba7a97b7229390368062&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -4.338ex; width:34.094ex; height:7.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The electromagnetic momentum is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\iiint \limits _{Q}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,dV\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;mi&gt;μ&lt;!-- μ --&gt;&lt;/mi&gt;
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&lt;mo&gt;∭&lt;!-- ∭ --&gt;&lt;/mo&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\iiint \limits _{Q}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,dV\,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}={\frac {1}{\mu _{0}c^{2}}}\iiint \limits _{Q}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {B} \,dV\,,}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7419ebbb4464057c334f377e37d3780f6b5ef82f&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -4.338ex; width:29.869ex; height:7.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;and the equation for conservation of each component &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the momentum is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}+\mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}\right)_{i}=\iint \limits _{\sigma }\left(\sum \limits _{j}T_{ij}n_{j}\right)d\Sigma \,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}+\mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}\right)_{i}=\iint \limits _{\sigma }\left(\sum \limits _{j}T_{ij}n_{j}\right)d\Sigma \,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\mathbf {P} _{\text{mech}}+\mathbf {P} _{\text{field}}\right)_{i}=\iint \limits _{\sigma }\left(\sum \limits _{j}T_{ij}n_{j}\right)d\Sigma \,.}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/197ffc8bda81118c4d112774f80c63d5579a0bc2&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -3.838ex; width:43.047ex; height:8.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The term on the right is an integral over the surface area &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Σ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the surface &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;σ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; representing momentum flow into and out of the volume, and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;j&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a component of the surface normal of &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;S&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The quantity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;ij&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is called the Maxwell stress tensor, defined as
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{\displaystyle T_{ij}\equiv \epsilon _{0}\left(E_{i}E_{j}-{\frac {1}{2}}\delta _{ij}E^{2}\right)+{\frac {1}{\mu _{0}}}\left(B_{i}B_{j}-{\frac {1}{2}}\delta _{ij}B^{2}\right)\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;T_{ij}\equiv \epsilon _{0}\left(E_{i}E_{j}-{\frac {1}{2}}\delta _{ij}E^{2}\right)+{\frac {1}{\mu _{0}}}\left(B_{i}B_{j}-{\frac {1}{2}}\delta _{ij}B^{2}\right)\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8efd050fa2761fbc80dbb43034fe8a3b038aabf7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:53.842ex; height:6.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Media&quot;&gt;Media&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;The above results are for the &lt;i&gt;microscopic&lt;/i&gt; Maxwell equations, applicable to electromagnetic forces in a vacuum (or on a very small scale in media). It is more difficult to define momentum density in media because the division into electromagnetic and mechanical is arbitrary. The definition of electromagnetic momentum density is modified to
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {H} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {H} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {g} ={\frac {1}{c^{2}}}\mathbf {E} \times \mathbf {H} ={\frac {\mathbf {S} }{c^{2}}}\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cca3cb60e3dc5a35e1770d30eeb906a0bf3ffaf2&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:21.051ex; height:5.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where the H-field &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;H&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is related to the B-field and the magnetization &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;M&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {B} =\mu _{0}\left(\mathbf {H} +\mathbf {M} \right)\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {B} =\mu _{0}\left(\mathbf {H} +\mathbf {M} \right)\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {B} =\mu _{0}\left(\mathbf {H} +\mathbf {M} \right)\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b7fa74e0861419d936cab17363805189acd3179e&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:18.542ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;The electromagnetic stress tensor depends on the properties of the media.
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a single particle described in the position basis the momentum operator can be written as
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{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} ={\hbar  \over i}\nabla =-i\hbar \nabla \,,}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {p} ={\hbar  \over i}\nabla =-i\hbar \nabla \,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2ad37fde62d56189418758cf5dc239a5d1e5cb59&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:18.648ex; height:5.343ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;∇&lt;/span&gt; is the gradient operator, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ħ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the reduced Planck constant, and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the imaginary unit. This is a commonly encountered form of the momentum operator, though the momentum operator in other bases can take other forms. For example, in momentum space the momentum operator is represented as
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \mathbf {p} \psi (p)=p\psi (p)\,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\mathbf {p} \psi (p)=p\psi (p)\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b928c9445f9939bd3c0ba212c0b619750e259699&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:15.771ex; height:2.843ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where the operator &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;p&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; acting on a wave function &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ψ&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; yields that wave function multiplied by the value &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, in an analogous fashion to the way that the position operator acting on a wave function &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ψ&lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; yields that wave function multiplied by the value &lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For both massive and massless objects, relativistic momentum is related to the phase constant &lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \beta }&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\beta &quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/7ed48a5e36207156fb792fa79d29925d2f7901e8&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:1.332ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  by
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle p=\hbar \beta }&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle p=\hbar \beta }
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle p=\hbar \beta }&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/808e88a516cd633249ab865b1c22a2d377d5ca00&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:6.996ex; height:2.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Electromagnetic radiation (including visible light, ultraviolet light, and radio waves) is carried by photons. Even though photons (the particle aspect of light) have no mass, they still carry momentum. This leads to applications such as the solar sail. The calculation of the momentum of light within dielectric media is somewhat controversial (see Abraham–Minkowski controversy).
&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/5933903298434467367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/quantum-mechanical.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/5933903298434467367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/5933903298434467367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/quantum-mechanical.html' title='Quantum mechanical'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-6214183425098016444</id><published>2021-01-20T04:07:00.005-08:00</published><updated>2021-01-20T04:07:43.521-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In deformable bodies and fluids</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; data-file-height=&quot;292&quot; data-file-width=&quot;316&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; height=&quot;203&quot; src=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/220px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png&quot; srcset=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/330px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Equation_motion_body.svg/440px-Equation_motion_body.svg.png 2x&quot; width=&quot;220&quot;/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Conservation_in_a_continuum&quot;&gt;Conservation in a continuum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;In fields such as fluid dynamics and solid mechanics, it is not feasible to follow the motion of individual atoms or molecules. Instead, the materials must be approximated by a continuum in which there is a particle or fluid parcel at each point that is assigned the average of the properties of atoms in a small region nearby. In particular, it has a density &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and velocity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; that depend on time &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and position &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;r&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The momentum per unit volume is &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider a column of water in hydrostatic equilibrium. All the forces on the water are in balance and the water is motionless. On any given drop of water, two forces are balanced. The first is gravity, which acts directly on each atom and molecule inside. The gravitational force per unit volume is &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;g&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;g&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the gravitational acceleration. The second force is the sum of all the forces exerted on its surface by the surrounding water. The force from below is greater than the force from above by just the amount needed to balance gravity. The normal force per unit area is the pressure &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The average force per unit volume inside the droplet is the gradient of the pressure, so the force balance equation is
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle -\nabla p+\rho \mathbf {g} =0\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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{\displaystyle -\nabla p+\rho \mathbf {g} =0\,.}
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;-\nabla p+\rho \mathbf {g} =0\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5af9af8a07b2a2fbc21114360572dcd4d4583dc9&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:15.587ex; height:2.676ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the forces are not balanced, the droplet accelerates. This acceleration is not simply the partial derivative &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;∂&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;∂t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; because the fluid in a given volume changes with time. Instead, the material derivative is needed:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle {\frac {D}{Dt}}\equiv {\frac {\partial }{\partial t}}+\mathbf {v} \cdot {\boldsymbol {\nabla }}\,.}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\frac {D}{Dt}}\equiv {\frac {\partial }{\partial t}}+\mathbf {v} \cdot {\boldsymbol {\nabla }}\,.&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/06e6300772911a8adf746640cd17a3873349ee6e&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:18.883ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applied to any physical quantity, the material derivative includes the rate of change at a point and the changes due to advection as fluid is carried past the point. Per unit volume, the rate of change in momentum is equal to &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;D&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;v&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. This is equal to the net force on the droplet.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Forces that can change the momentum of a droplet include the gradient of the pressure and gravity, as above. In addition, surface forces can deform the droplet. In the simplest case, a shear stress &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;τ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, exerted by a force parallel to the surface of the droplet, is proportional to the rate of deformation or strain rate. Such a shear stress occurs if the fluid has a velocity gradient because the fluid is moving faster on one side than another. If the speed in the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; direction varies with &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;z&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the  tangential force in direction &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; per unit area normal to the &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;z&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; direction is
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\displaystyle \sigma _{\text{zx}}=-\mu {\frac {\partial v_{x}}{\partial z}}\,,}&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/38ca91cef4415b7ff1a3ea5cbbe9e99a8b4f34b2&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.005ex; width:14.954ex; height:5.509ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;μ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the viscosity. This is also a flux, or flow per unit area, of x-momentum through the surface.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Including the effect of viscosity, the momentum balance equations for the incompressible flow of a Newtonian fluid are
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \rho {\frac {D\mathbf {v} }{Dt}}=-{\boldsymbol {\nabla }}p+\mu \nabla ^{2}\mathbf {v} +\rho \mathbf {g} .\,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\rho {\frac {D\mathbf {v} }{Dt}}=-{\boldsymbol {\nabla }}p+\mu \nabla ^{2}\mathbf {v} +\rho \mathbf {g} .\,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8f63d8f029a0627ff37ef9c1f252acb31f9eca5b&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:28.732ex; height:5.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are known as the Navier–Stokes equations.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The momentum balance equations can be extended to more general materials, including solids. For each surface with normal in direction &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and force in direction &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;j&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, there is a stress component &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;σ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;ij&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The nine components make up the Cauchy stress tensor &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;σ&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, which includes both pressure and shear. The local conservation of momentum is expressed by the Cauchy momentum equation:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-element&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y&quot; style=&quot;display: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;math alttext=&quot;{\displaystyle \rho {\frac {D\mathbf {v} }{Dt}}={\boldsymbol {\nabla }}\cdot {\boldsymbol {\sigma }}+\mathbf {f} \,,}&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML&quot;&gt;
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;\rho {\frac {D\mathbf {v} }{Dt}}={\boldsymbol {\nabla }}\cdot {\boldsymbol {\sigma }}+\mathbf {f} \,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c2138aab218677da33d90206fdb945fda9e630f0&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:18.899ex; height:5.176ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;f&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the body force.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cauchy momentum equation is broadly applicable to deformations of solids and liquids. The relationship between the stresses and the strain rate depends on the properties of the material (see Types of viscosity).
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Acoustic_waves&quot;&gt;Acoustic waves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;A disturbance in a medium gives rise to oscillations, or waves, that propagate away from their source. In a fluid, small changes in pressure &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; can often be described by the acoustic wave equation:
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&lt;/math&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;{\frac {\partial ^{2}p}{\partial t^{2}}}=c^{2}\nabla ^{2}p\,,&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;mwe-math-fallback-image-inline&quot; src=&quot;https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c8b5b90da3fdb0bbb9a7f465a9ccfb1c10a26932&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:14.756ex; height:6.009ex;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;c&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is the speed of sound. In a solid, similar equations can be obtained for propagation of pressure (P-waves) and shear (S-waves).
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The flux, or transport per unit area, of a momentum component &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρv&lt;sub&gt;j&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by a velocity &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;v&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is equal to &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;ρ v&lt;sub&gt;j&lt;/sub&gt;v&lt;sub&gt;j&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. In the linear approximation that leads to the above acoustic equation, the time average of this flux is zero. However, nonlinear effects can give rise to a nonzero average. It is possible for momentum flux to occur even though the wave itself does not have a mean momentum.
&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/feeds/6214183425098016444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/in-deformable-bodies-and-fluids.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/6214183425098016444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/1720891223279569162/posts/default/6214183425098016444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://miraclestarboy.blogspot.com/2021/01/in-deformable-bodies-and-fluids.html' title='In deformable bodies and fluids'/><author><name>samsofi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12794342593186572847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720891223279569162.post-2288103727234567856</id><published>2021-01-20T04:07:00.003-08:00</published><updated>2021-01-20T04:07:39.634-08:00</updated><title type='text'>History of the concept</title><content type='html'>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;table class=&quot;box-Expert_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;mbox-image&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width:52px&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-file-height=&quot;40&quot; data-file-width=&quot;40&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; height=&quot;40&quot; src=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png&quot; srcset=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x&quot; width=&quot;40&quot;/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;mbox-text&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mbox-text-span&quot;&gt;This section &lt;b&gt;needs attention from an expert in History of Science&lt;/b&gt;. The specific problem is: &lt;b&gt;Dispute over originator of conservation of momentum.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;hide-when-compact&quot;&gt; See the talk page for details. WikiProject History of Science may be able to help recruit an expert.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;small class=&quot;date-container&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;(&lt;span class=&quot;date&quot;&gt;November 2019&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;In about 530 AD, working in Alexandria, Byzantine philosopher John Philoponus developed a concept of momentum in his commentary to Aristotle&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Physics&lt;/i&gt;. Aristotle claimed that everything that is moving must be kept moving by something. For example, a thrown ball must be kept moving by motions of the air.  Most writers continued to accept Aristotle&#39;s theory until the time of Galileo, but a few were skeptical. Philoponus pointed out the absurdity in Aristotle&#39;s claim that motion of an object is promoted by the same air that is resisting its passage. He proposed instead that an impetus was imparted to the object in the act of throwing it. Ibn Sīnā (also known by his Latinized name Avicenna) read Philoponus and published his own theory of motion in &lt;i&gt;The Book of Healing&lt;/i&gt; in 1020. He agreed that an impetus is imparted to a projectile by the thrower; but unlike Philoponus, who believed that it was a temporary virtue that would decline even in a vacuum, he viewed it as a persistent, requiring external forces such as air resistance to dissipate it.
The work of Philoponus, and possibly that of Ibn Sīnā, was read and refined by the European philosophers Peter Olivi and Jean Buridan. Buridan, who in about 1350 was made rector of the University of Paris, referred to impetus being proportional to the weight times the speed. Moreover, Buridan&#39;s theory was different from his predecessor&#39;s in that he did not consider impetus to be self-dissipating, asserting that a body would be arrested by the forces of air resistance and gravity which might be opposing its impetus.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;René Descartes believed that the total &quot;quantity of motion&quot; (Latin: &lt;i lang=&quot;la&quot;&gt;quantitas motus&lt;/i&gt;) in the universe is conserved, where the quantity of motion is understood as the product of size and speed. This should not be read as a statement of the modern law of momentum, since he had no concept of mass as distinct from weight and size, and more important, he believed that it is speed rather than velocity that is conserved. So for Descartes if a moving object were to bounce off a surface, changing its direction but not its speed, there would be no change in its quantity of motion. Galileo, in his &lt;i&gt;Two New Sciences&lt;/i&gt;, used the Italian word &lt;i&gt;impeto&lt;/i&gt; to similarly describe Descartes&#39; quantity of motion.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leibniz, in his &quot;Discourse on Metaphysics&quot;, gave an argument against Descartes&#39; construction of the conservation of the &quot;quantity of motion&quot; using an example of dropping blocks of different sizes different distances.  He points out that force is conserved but quantity of motion, construed as the product of size and speed of an object, is not conserved.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christiaan Huygens concluded quite early that Descartes&#39;s laws for the elastic collision of two bodies must be wrong, and he formulated the correct laws. An important step was his recognition of the Galilean invariance of the problems. His views then took many years to be circulated. He passed them on in person to William Brouncker and Christopher Wren in London, in 1661. What Spinoza wrote to Henry Oldenburg about them, in 1666 which was during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, was guarded. Huygens had actually worked them out in a manuscript &lt;i&gt;De motu corporum ex percussione&lt;/i&gt; in the period 1652–6. The war ended in 1667, and Huygens announced his results to the Royal Society in 1668. He published them in the &lt;i&gt;Journal des sçavans&lt;/i&gt; in 1669.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first correct statement of the law of conservation of momentum was by English mathematician John Wallis in his 1670 work, &lt;i&gt;Mechanica sive De Motu, Tractatus Geometricus&lt;/i&gt;: &quot;the initial state of the body, either of rest or of motion, will persist&quot; and &quot;If the force is greater than the resistance, motion will result&quot;. Wallis used &lt;i&gt;momentum&lt;/i&gt; for quantity of motion, and &lt;i&gt;vis&lt;/i&gt; for force. Newton&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica&lt;/i&gt;, when it was first published in 1687, showed a similar casting around for words to use for the mathematical momentum. His Definition II defines &lt;i&gt;quantitas motus&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;quantity of motion&quot;, as &quot;arising from the velocity and quantity of matter conjointly&quot;, which identifies it as momentum. Thus when in Law II he refers to &lt;i&gt;mutatio motus&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;change of motion&quot;, being proportional to the force impressed, he is generally taken to mean momentum and not motion. It remained only to assign a standard term to the quantity of motion. The first use of &quot;momentum&quot; in its proper mathematical sense is not clear but by the time of Jennings&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Miscellanea&lt;/i&gt; in 1721, five years before the final edition of Newton&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Principia Mathematica&lt;/i&gt;, momentum &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;M&lt;/span&gt; or &quot;quantity of motion&quot; was being defined for students as &quot;a rectangle&quot;, the product of &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;V&lt;/span&gt;, where &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; is &quot;quantity of material&quot; and &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;V&lt;/span&gt; is &quot;velocity&quot;, &lt;span class=&quot;texhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;link href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r993651011&quot; rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot;/&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;sfrac nowrap tion&quot; role=&quot;math&quot; style=&quot;display:inline-block; vertical-align:-0.5em; font-size:85%; text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;num&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;s&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;slash sr-only&quot;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;den&quot; style=&quot;display:block; line-height:1em; margin:0 0.1em; border-top:1px solid;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
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