Re: Missing Energy

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPOMONA.EDU>]

On Thu, 20 May 1999, brian whatcott wrote:

> Talking of being amazed,  I remark that a ball rolling down a ramp
> gets to the foot of a hill slower than a ball that rolls down a
> steeper roller coaster valley and climb to the self-same point,
> starting at the identical start point.

... iff the hill isn't too steep and/or the valley isn't too deep.
Not really surprising at all in the limit of a very gradual slope.

John
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