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  2. Galileo's law of odd numbers - Wikipedia

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    From the equation for uniform linear acceleration, the distance covered = + for initial speed =, constant acceleration (acceleration due to gravity without air resistance), and time elapsed , it follows that the distance is proportional to (in symbols, ), thus the distance from the starting point are consecutive squares for integer values of time elapsed.

  3. Fast marching method - Wikipedia

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    The fast marching method [1] is a numerical method created by James Sethian for solving boundary value problems of the Eikonal equation: | | = / () =Typically, such a problem describes the evolution of a closed surface as a function of time with speed in the normal direction at a point on the propagating surface.

  4. Dead reckoning - Wikipedia

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    The basic formula for DR is Distance = Speed x Time. An aircraft flying at 250 knots airspeed for 2 hours has flown 500 nautical miles through the air. The wind triangle is used to calculate the effects of wind on heading and airspeed to obtain a magnetic heading to steer and the speed over the ground (groundspeed).

  5. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    The speed attained during free fall is proportional to the elapsed time, and the distance traveled is proportional to the square of the elapsed time. [39] Importantly, the acceleration is the same for all bodies, independently of their mass. This follows from combining Newton's second law of motion with his law of universal gravitation.

  6. Brachistochrone curve - Wikipedia

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    The curve of fastest descent is not a straight or polygonal line (blue) but a cycloid (red).. In physics and mathematics, a brachistochrone curve (from Ancient Greek βράχιστος χρόνος (brákhistos khrónos) 'shortest time'), [1] or curve of fastest descent, is the one lying on the plane between a point A and a lower point B, where B is not directly below A, on which a bead slides ...

  7. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    Intuitively, the velocity increases linearly, so the average velocity multiplied by time is the distance traveled while increasing the velocity from v 0 to v, as can be illustrated graphically by plotting velocity against time as a straight line graph. Algebraically, it follows from solving [1] for

  8. Retarded time - Wikipedia

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    Position vectors r and r′ used in the calculation. Retarded time t r or t′ is calculated with a "speed-distance-time" calculation for EM fields.. If the EM field is radiated at position vector r′ (within the source charge distribution), and an observer at position r measures the EM field at time t, the time delay for the field to travel from the charge distribution to the observer is |r ...

  9. Radial trajectory - Wikipedia

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    The problem of finding the separation of two bodies at a given time, given their separation and velocity at another time, is known as the Kepler problem. This section solves the Kepler problem for radial orbits. The first step is to determine the constant . Use the sign of to determine the orbit type.