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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:04:26 -0700 (MST)
From: Dave Gilinsky <dave@gaspra.pd.com>
To: Ole Andre Schistad <Ole.Andre.Schistad@ifi.unit.no>
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Subject: Re: LW4.0 and physics , an open letter to NewTek
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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.
dave@gaspra.pd.com
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