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larsa
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First of all i am not a native speaker so i apologize for my english.
Kinetic energy is velocity squared multiplied by mass, whereas momentum is just velocity multiplied by mass.
I have read that the reason for this is because conservation of kinetic energy is related to symmetry of the motion in time and conservation of momentum is related to the symmetry in the motion of space.
Could someone give an intuitive or not explanation about this?
Thank you in advance
Kinetic energy is velocity squared multiplied by mass, whereas momentum is just velocity multiplied by mass.
I have read that the reason for this is because conservation of kinetic energy is related to symmetry of the motion in time and conservation of momentum is related to the symmetry in the motion of space.
Could someone give an intuitive or not explanation about this?
Thank you in advance