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Remarks on the conservation of mechanical energy in introductory mechanics

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F C Santos, V Soares, A C Tort

Classical Physics · Submitted 8 Jun 2005

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The authors' main claim The motivation is the fact that all modern texts on introductory mechanics show the same conceptually dangerous statement that besides obliterating the concept of mechanical work, diminishing the importance of the work-kinetic energy theorem, leads to erroneous applications of the energy conservation theorem and at the same eliminates its relationship with the principle of the conservation of the mechanical momentum.

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CitationA C Tort, F C Santos, V Soares. "Remarks on the conservation of mechanical energy in introductory mechanics." arXiv:physics/0506065 (2005). https://pith.science/paper/KLW37RHK
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We discuss the work-kinetic energy theorem and the mechanical energy conservation theorem in the context of general physics courses. The motivation is the fact that all modern texts on introductory mechanics show the same conceptually dangerous statement that besides obliterating the concept of mechanical work, diminishing the importance of the work-kinetic energy theorem, leads to erroneous applications of the energy conservation theorem and at the same eliminates its relationship with the principle of the conservation of the mechanical momentum.

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s1 The motivation is the fact that all modern texts on introductory mechanics show the same conceptually dangerous statement that besides obliterating the concept of mechanical work, diminishing the importance of the work-kinetic energy theorem, leads to erroneous applications of the energy conservation theorem and at the same eliminates its relationship with the principle of the conservation of the mechanical momentum. background 0.82 0.08 0.41 asserted 1.00

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We discuss the work-kinetic energy theorem and the mechanical energy conservation theorem in the context of general physics courses. The motivation is the fact that all modern texts on introductory mechanics show the same conceptually dangerous statement that besides obliterating the concept of mechanical work, diminishing the importance of the work-kinetic energy theorem, leads to erroneous applications of the energy conservation theorem and at the same eliminates its relationship with the principle of the conservation of the mechanical momentum.

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