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aidenn0
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The Dome: A simple violation of determinism in New...
Why is it not possible for a cone? Slide it up the (frictionless) cone with kinetic energy equal to mgh and it should stop on the point.
eigenket
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It never reaches the top in finite time on a cone, it just keeps going up and up getting slower and slower.
aidenn0
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That makes sense; thanks.
scatters
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It's the reverse of a point mass sliding up a hemispherical dome. It takes infinite time to reach the top.
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