Re: ENERGY BEFORE Q

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

At 10:42 AM 10/19/01 -0400, I wrote:
> Introductory examples include
> connecting certain force laws to the corresponding potential energy:
>         F(spring,particle) --> PE(spring,particle)
>         F(gravity,particle) --> PE(gravity,particle)
> and you can equally well start from an energy principle and go the other
> direction
>         PE(spring,particle) --> F(spring,particle)
>         PE(gravity,particle) --> PE(spring,particle)
> and the choice of direction is mostly a matter of taste.


Sorry, the last "-->" item should have been:

        PE(gravity,particle) --> F(gravity,particle)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^