Timeline for I'm having trouble understanding the intuition behind why $a(x) = v\frac{\mathrm{d}v}{\mathrm{d}x}$ [duplicate]
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| S Oct 7, 2022 at 23:06 | history | closed |
hft Miyase Cathartic Encephalopathy |
Duplicate of Zero velocity, zero acceleration?, The usage of chain rule in physics | |
| S Oct 7, 2022 at 23:06 | comment | added | Cathartic Encephalopathy | Does this answer your question? The usage of chain rule in physics | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 22:44 | answer | added | Alwin | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 21:10 | answer | added | John Alexiou | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 21:04 | comment | added | John Alexiou | I guess the part that is unintuitive is the $\frac{{\rm d}v}{{\rm d}x}$ because $a$ and $v$ are pretty self explanatory. Is my assessment correct? | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 16:07 | answer | added | Quillo | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Oct 7, 2022 at 14:41 | comment | added | hft | Does this answer your question? Zero velocity, zero acceleration? | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 12:12 | answer | added | Eli | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 8:22 | answer | added | Farcher | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 8:08 | answer | added | Ryder Rude | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 7:43 | comment | added | leapsheep | @SolubleFish is right. To explain the physical intuition, it may help if you give more context. | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 7:43 | answer | added | user292464 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 7:42 | comment | added | SolubleFish | $v$ as a function of $x$ (for a point particle) is not a particularly intuitive function, physically, although it may exists mathematically. | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 7:17 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Oct 7, 2022 at 6:26 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Mathematically, it's just the chain rule en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_rule | |
| Oct 7, 2022 at 5:51 | history | asked | Kalcifer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |