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Is all change movement? [closed]
Is there a change in the universe that cannot be reduced to movement? One counter-example should be enough. :)
Heat is a type of change that was once thought to be qualitative, but is now realized to ...
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Sign convention for relative displacment
If an object A is $X\ \mathrm m$ behind B,than the relative displacemnt of A wrt B would be $-X$. However is object A was moving towards B(at rest) at a rate of $Y\ \mathrm{m/s}$, then $$V_{ab}=+Y-0=+...
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Defining what it means for a reference frame to move with a velocity $\mathbf{u}$ with respect to another
In describing a Galilean transformation, for example, one might say that if a reference frame $S'$ is moving at a velocity $\mathbf{u}$ with respect to $S$, then an object traveling at a velocity $\...