How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem

Re:How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem by formalsystem on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @02:44PM (#21455913)

That's really helpful, I'll think about how to reword this. We covered calculus physics in Lebanon which uses the French Baccalaureate program so was making some non global assumptions.

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Re:How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem by neoliberal_dad on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @04:09PM (#21456730)

Speaking as someone who came from a less-than-stellar high school, referring to concepts as being "from high school X" can be pretty demoralizing to hear, and it's almost never necessary to mention. Consider using "introductory" instead, unless your audience is explicitly only people who went to advanced high schools.

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Re:How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem by madhadron on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:42PM (#21457555)

I usually see is q for position, p for momentum, and a for acceleration. But that might be too much time in Landau and Lifshitz.

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Re:How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem by evanb on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:36PM (#21458083)

This is relatively standard notation.

To be very attentive during an exercise in Lagrangian-formulated quantum mechanics you had better make sure to dot your qs and cross your hs.

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