Classical Mechanics – Cantor's Archive

Physics

Another Approach To Understand Accelerated Motion

Motion of a moving particle is considered to be one of the most instructive and useful physical systems one can study. In a real world case, such systems may exhibit immense complexity and intractability. But if we are lucky, we may be able to isolate the moving particle from unwanted

Kinematics

Finding the Shape of the Surface of Water Rotating in a Bucket

A Simple Application of the Basics of Newtonian Physics in Accelerated Reference Frames

Gravity

Physics Puzzles: Why Satellites Don’t Fall From the Sky

Gravitation is ubiquitous. Its presence is felt at any place. Isolation doesn’t exist in the universe; everything stays connected with…

Physics

Inverse-Square Law of Gravitation: The Role of the Apple and the Moon

How Newton confirmed the inverse-square law

Calculus

The Famous Problem of the Brachistochrone

From Newton’s “Lion Claws” to the Modern Solution

Symmetry

Emmy Noether and One of the Deepest Observations in All of Physics

The Correspondence Between Symmetry and Conservation Laws

Classical Mechanics

The Navier-Stokes Equations

A simple introduction to a million dollar problem

Classical Mechanics

A Geometric Intuition for Energy Conservation

In a sense, Conservation of Energy is just Conservation of Area.

Physics

Approaches to Solving Problems in Physics

Becoming a master at physics requires a lot of work, but learning the techniques and guidelines in this article is taking the first step.

Classical Mechanics

Applications in Physics and Elastic Collisions

Bouncing balls to space

Classical Mechanics

The Curious Case of the Inverted Pendulum

Everyone who has studied basic physics, mechanics, dynamics or control system have encountered the inverted pendulum.