We make a big deal about the linearity of quantum mechanics. Is classical mechanics linear? Consider, for

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We make a big deal about the linearity of quantum mechanics. Is classical mechanics linear? Consider, for example, two solutions to Newton’s laws for motion in Earth’s gravitational field, x1(t) and x2(t). Both obey mẍ(t) = - GmM|x|. Show that a linear combination of x1 and x2 is not a solution. Can you think of a type of force for which solutions do obey superposition?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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