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In article <abian.722142285@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu> abian@iastate.edu (Alexander Abian) writes:
}In <1eefkuINNa0f@agate.berkeley.edu> dvs@soda.berkeley.edu 
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}                                          11-18-92
}Dear Mr. Simpkinson  you wrote:
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}>Dear Mr. Abian:  Please quantify ANYTHING with your theory.  Please do not
}>use any of the "noises" of famous bravo-sierra purveyors such as Newton,
}>Einstein, Hamilton, et al.  Among the problems you may wish to address:
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} My reply is:
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}    I cannot quantify  anything with my Theory because I do not know
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}            what  A  is in my    E = M(0) exp(-At)
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}and I do not have a COSMIC ENERGYMETER.   I am expecting that the talent-
}ed Physicists will use my brilliant fundamentally revolutionizing idea:

  Then your theory is useless.

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}>   Compute the trajectory of a particle of mass m in a uniform gravitational
}>field (or the Abian equivalent) equal to earth's at sea level given an
}>initial velocity, neglecting air resistance.  Simplifying, How high will a 1
}>kg ball go if I throw it straight up at a velocity of 20 m/s?  Where will it
}>land if I throw it (with the same velocity of 20 m/s) at a 45 degree angle 
}to the vertical?
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}would be:
}           (a)   around  20.41 meters high  
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}           (b)   twice as in (a), i.e., around  40.82  meters  away.
}

  I do believe that the challenge was to use *your* theory to make these
calculations.

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E. Mark Ping
emarkp@soda.Berkeley.EDU

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