Diddle I say so? On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 2:17 AM Stephen Guerin <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote:
> The Action is the integral of the Lagrangian along the whole path, not > just a single instant. > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023, 9:12 PM Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> So the difference is at a positive max when the ball hits the ground and >> at a negative maximum when the ball reaches its highest altitude? So how >> am I to understand positive and negative? vectors? >> >> Instantaneious Action is at a minimum when the two terms are equal? >> >> I have no intuitive sense of what is going on here. >> >> But thanks for trying, Frank. >> >> N >> >> >> >> N >> >> On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Nicholas Thompson < >> thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Frank, >>> >>> Thanks SO MUCH for forwarding this to me. To any other defrocked >>> english majors on Friam, who have listened to these guys blather on about >>> LaGrangians for all these years, I highly, HIGHLY recommend the video. >>> Pretty short, AND, you might possibly, conceivably understand Steve Guerin >>> when you get to the end. Yeah. Really. >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 2:53 PM >>> Subject: Fwd: Watch "The Most Important Idea in Physics: The Principle >>> of Least Action - Ask a Spaceman!" on YouTube >>> To: Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Frank C. Wimberly >>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >>> >>> 505 670-9918 >>> Santa Fe, NM >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 12:51 PM >>> Subject: Watch "The Most Important Idea in Physics: The Principle of >>> Least Action - Ask a Spaceman!" on YouTube >>> To: Thompson, Nicholas <nickthomp...@earthlink.net>, Barry MacKichan < >>> barry.mackic...@mackichan.com> >>> >>> >>> https://youtu.be/UuqpCBZoX3M >>> >>> --- >>> Frank C. Wimberly >>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >>> >>> 505 670-9918 >>> Santa Fe, NM >>> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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