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Re: The Olympics



This makes me think about a cat released in the
legs-up position. Cats always land on their feet.
Ludwik Kowalski

Justin Parke wrote:

Perhaps the answer to this question should be obvious to me,
but after pondering for a while have not been able to answer it.

It seems that the divers in the olympics (and the "trampoliners")
are able to execute half-twists, beginning and ending the twist
in mid-air. I do not know how they do this without violating
conservation of angular momentum. Could someone enlighten me?