Re: [Phys-l] solving an energy equation

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

Oops.  Slow down, Slo ... and learn to read.

> "An analysis using Newton's second law is very messy because it is  
> complicated to write down the normal force."

Got it.  But if it is a one DOF problem, is there any possibility of  
doing a "Lagrangian-in-spirit" analysis where you simply numerically  
the component of Newton's second law along the surface?

John "Slo" Mallinckrodt

Professor of Physics, Cal Poly Pomona
<http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm>

and

Lead Guitarist, Out-Laws of Physics
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