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Vector Nature Of Angular Velocity
I am currently reading about angular position, angular velocity, and angular acceleration. I came across this paragraph that was particularly confusing, and was wondering if someone could perhaps help ...
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Meaning of angular velocity in a rotating system
When you study the motion of a rigid body you have $\vec\omega$, the vector associated to angular velocity. In the case you are using Euler angles and want a quick formula for the rotational kinetic ...
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Linear acceleration vs angular acceleration equation
I'm learning about angular velocity, momentum, etc. and how all the equations are parallel to linear equations such as velocity or momentum. However, I'm having trouble comparing angular acceleration ...
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How is it that angular velocities are vectors, while rotations aren't?
Does anyone have an intuitive explanation of why this is the case?