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Summary
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English:
(a) In the stationary frame, an incident sphere traveling at 2
v
strikes a stationary sphere. (b) In the center of momentum frame, the two spheres approach each other symmetrically at ±
v
. After elastic collision, the two spheres rebound from each other with equal and opposite velocities ±
u
. Energy conservation requires that |u| = |v|. (c) Reverting to the stationary frame, the rebound velocities are
v ± u.
The dot product of
v + u
and
v - u
equals zero, indicating that the vectors are orthogonal.
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| Author | Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog |
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