A "Rattleback" undergoes a spin reversal that, at first, appears to violate conservation of angular momentumpic.twitter.com/cU2TMaW3Gr
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Replying to @InertialObservr
If it did that floating in free space I'd be concerned about conservation of angular momentum.
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Replying to @johncarlosbaez
For sure, but the motion definitely made me double take after trying to work in out for 30 mins i felt like I was either being a dunce or it was non-trivial, per the usual for me
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Replying to @InertialObservr @johncarlosbaez
That’s when I consulted the almighty ArXiv
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