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From: JRG
Date: 22 Jul 2002 16:31:20
Message: <3d3c6b98@news.povray.org>
"Christoph Hormann" wrote:
>
>
> JRG wrote:
> >
> > Actually I've just studied numerical calculus at University... but didn't take
the
> > exam yet (I'll probably do it in september) so I still have to read through my
papers
> > before doing something useful with the new notions I have... :-)
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Yeah, that's the other way round :) I didn't take into account *forces*, just
gravity
> > acceleration and collisions. Anyway I'll look into it deeplier as soon as I have
my
> > calculus exam done.
>
> Well actually an acceleration is force divided by mass.

Of course :) I just meant the only force I took into account is weight.

> Numerical calculus will surely be very useful (i heard a lecture on that
> matter last term too), but it won't help without some mechanics of course.
> ;-)

Hehe, that's for sure. Fortunately I don't lack physics notions, just quite a bit of
programming experience.


--
Jonathan.


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