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| Oct 24, 2014 at 9:55 | comment | added | droemel | You are turning the definition of an elastic collision into a question. Forces never act isntantaneous. The magnitude of your "isntantaneous force" would be infinite. Talking about forces in elastic collisions is misleading. Also, as a general advice, study differential calculus. | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 9:40 | comment | added | user49111 | I know perfect elastic collisions never really occur. But what I was asking is that in an ideal elastic collision, does second body's initial speed $u_{B}$ instantaneously become final speed $v_{B}$? And what is the magnitude of this instantaneous force? | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 9:37 | history | edited | droemel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 9:23 | comment | added | Nikos M. | @imakesmalltalk this answer is correct, if you need sth maybe you rephrase the question (see my comments on top as well) | |
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 9:05 | comment | added | user49111 | I think you didn't get the question at all. The force I was talking about here was the momentary force exerted by A on B and vice-versa. | |
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 8:59 | history | answered | droemel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |