Timeline for What exactly makes a force conservative?
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| Feb 4, 2018 at 1:30 | comment | added | user87745 | @sammygerbil Yes, I apologize. I realize your point. Thank you for patiently explaining your point. I think you are correct that it doesn't really explain why it happens. It just states what happens with a bit more added detail that the lost energy goes into the field. | |
| Feb 4, 2018 at 1:01 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | I did not say there was. I said that your answer is merely restating the definition which the OP gave, that forces are conservative if work done during a round trip is zero, and non-conservative if work done during a round trip is non-zero. Saying that energy is exchanged with a 'field' does not tell the OP what property of the force (or field) explains why one force is conservative while another is non-conservative. | |
| Feb 4, 2018 at 0:40 | comment | added | user87745 | @sammygerbil With all due respect, I don't see a word about the interaction between the field and the particle in OP's first sentence. | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 20:53 | comment | added | sammy gerbil | -1 You are only restating what the OP said he already knows, in his first sentence. | |
| Sep 15, 2017 at 14:48 | history | answered | user87745 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |