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Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by organian on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:46PM (#13941454)
A little nitpick - energy is not momentum squared: Momentum = mv and kinetic energy = 1/2 mv^2 So energy is proportional to mv^2 rather than (mv)^2
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Re:Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems by javajosh on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:12PM (#13942433)
Hey, thanks for that. However, at the end of the day, mass is a constant. A constant squared is still a constant. To wit, for any given system, we can always pick units that make m=1.
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