GeraldHume1
When I went to college, the teacher derived kinetic
energy by integrating momentum to get one half mass times
velocity squared. I think there is a problem with this because momentum and kinetic energy are simply two different
things. If the result made sense, it would possiblly work but the one half constant doesn't make sense because it cuts
mass or velocity in two, exclusively. It doesn't make sense
for ideal physics. Mass times velocity squared seems ok for a minimum ideal representation of energy because it's a four dimesional quantity(distantance squared divided by time squared; two plus two equals four, dimesionally.)
energy by integrating momentum to get one half mass times
velocity squared. I think there is a problem with this because momentum and kinetic energy are simply two different
things. If the result made sense, it would possiblly work but the one half constant doesn't make sense because it cuts
mass or velocity in two, exclusively. It doesn't make sense
for ideal physics. Mass times velocity squared seems ok for a minimum ideal representation of energy because it's a four dimesional quantity(distantance squared divided by time squared; two plus two equals four, dimesionally.)