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VECTORS
AND
GALILEAN TRANSFORMATIONS
Vectors
Consider Newtons second law
Consider a vector A
Or
Addition of 2 vectors
Consider 2 vectors A and B, Then A + B is
Subtraction of vectors
Consider 2 vectors A and B, then A B is considered as
A + ( B)
Laws of vectors
Some laws of vectors are as follows
Also
Or B is perpendicular to A
i.e. Cos = 0.
And
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Base vectors
Base vectors are the unit vectors along the 3 axes as shown
Their properties are
Example 1
A sailor in a small sailboat encounters shifting winds. She
sails 2.00 km east, then 3.50 km southeast, and then an
additional distance in an unknown direction. Her final
position is 5.80 km directly east of her starting point. Find
the magnitude of the third leg of the journey
Solution
Consider the diagram below
Ay2 Ay2 2 Ay2 3.52
3.5
Ay
2.47km
2
2.0 km
3.5 km
Ay
Ay
Ay=2.47 km
Ay
?
?=3.8-2.47=1.33 km
1.33 km
2.47
tan
1.07 radian
1.33
180
1.07 radian
61.69o
north of east.
Example
Example
In Cartesian coordinate
In Polar coordinates
Substituting for
Thus, we get
If
Then
Also
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In Polar coordinates
And
But
Thus
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Similarly
Thus velocity in polar coordinates is
Or
Further simplifying
Special cases
Galilean Transformation
Consider an inertial system (x, y, z) at rest and another (x, y, z) is
translating uniformly in +x direction with velocity v. Let the origin
coincide at t = 0
Where,
Example
For example, the problem
Hence,
Thus,
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