A (Gentler) Introduction
Chapter 0
  • 0.1 Introduction
Chapter 1
  • 1.1 Vectors and Kinematics
  • 1.2 Vectors
Chapter 2
  • 2.1 Newton's Laws
Chapter 3
  • 3.1 Forces and Equations of Motion
Chapter 4
  • 4.1 Momentum
Chapter 5
  • 5.1 Energy
Chapter 6
  • 6.1 Topics in Dynamics
Chapter 7
  • 7.1 Angular Momentum and Fixed Axis Rotation
  • 7.2 Angular Momentum of a Particle
  • 7.3 Fixed Axis Rotation
  • 7.4 Torque
  • 7.5 Torque and Angular Momentum
  • 7.6 Dynamics of Fixed Axis Rotation
  • 7.7 Pendulum Motion and Fixed Axis Rotation
  • 7.8 Motion Involving Translation and Rotation
  • 7.9 The Work-Energy Theorem and Rotational Motion
  • 7.10 The Bohr Atom
Chapter 8
  • 8.1 Rigid Body Motion
  • 8.2 The Vector Nature of Angular Velocity and Angular Momentum
  • 8.3 The Gyroscope
  • 8.4 Examples of Rigid Body Motion
  • 8.5 Conservation of Angular Momentum
  • 8.6 Rigid Body Rotation and the Tensor of Inertia
  • 8.7 Advanced Topics in Rigid Body Dynamics
Chapter 9
  • 9.1 Non-Inertial Systems and Fictitious Forces
Chapter 10
  • 10.1 Central Force Motion

Conservation of Angular Momentum

uhh what exactly is the point of this section

Newtonian physics isn’t enough to prove that the total angular momentum of an isolated system is constant, but we have never experimentally observed a case where it isn’t conserved.

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