Subject: Re: LW4.0 and physics , an open letter to NewTek
From: Dave Gilinsky <[email-masked]>
To: Ole Andre Schistad <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:04:26 -0700 (MST)

On Fri, 24 Feb 1995, Ole Andre Schistad wrote:

>   To illustrate my point , let's say you have two planets orbiting the sun.
> You know that all of those three bodies affect each other with a 

<SNIP>

>                       4
>                      '`  planet
>   ___                || /
>  /   \               ||/
> | sun |       1 <====()====>2
>  \___/               ||
>                      `'
>                       3
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                      ()-- Planet 2
> 
> 
> Okay , so let's consider the equation in two dimentions ..
> You have the vector-set [-3,0] , [3,0] , [0,-1] and [0,25] (vector 4 is the 
> planets speed , which is not a force.) You want those three forces 
> simplified into one , so you add them together :
> 
> [-3+3+0 , 0+0-1] = [0,-1] ; voila! you have your single vector that sums
>                             up all the forces acting on the planet . 

WOW! I didn't think humans had solved the three body problem yet! ;)

						Dave Gilinsky (DG75)
						Pixel Dust, Inc.
						[email-masked]
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