• Re: Inclined plane

    From Mikko@21:1/5 to Luigi Fortunati on Mon Jan 29 10:39:50 2024
    On 2024-01-28 22:58:55 +0000, Luigi Fortunati said:

    Luigi Fortunati il 23/01/2024 12:38:54 ha scritto:
    [[Mod. note -- I would say that that's somewhat confusing terminology.
    Forces are never "created" or "destroyed"...

    That's exactly what I say too.

    It is Einstein who talks about forces that "disappear": see the case of
    the painter when he falls from the scaffolding (and no longer perceives
    any force) and the case of the elevator when the cables break (and
    whoever is inside floats while he falls) .

    If you want to see a force appear, the initial position of the ball
    must be above the plane, not touching it.

    If you want to see a force disappear you can use a spherical surface
    istead of a plane.

    Mikko

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