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Nature of stability in a conservative system

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Virial theorem for two particle inelastic collision

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How is the centroid of a lamina related to its center of mass?

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Why is angular frequency $\omega = \sqrt{\frac{k}{m}}$ dimensionally correct?

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Mass-spring-mass system orbiting a third mass

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What is the difference between kinetic momentum $p=mv$ and canonical momentum?

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Derive Hamilton's Principle of Stationary Action Only from Unitarity in Quantum Mechanics?

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Physics of pushing the top of a box a little bit to make it rock back and forth

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Integral Issue for Inertia of Disk

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Why is tension not constant in two ropes but constant in the same rope?

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