Re: Conservation of angular momentum

Peter wrote:

I found a disconnect between theoretical and experimental results in
classical mechanics. The culprit seems to be the definition of angular
momentum r x p.

Peter



You should take a physics course in classical mechanics.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Conservation+of+Angular+Momentum+experiments

Conservation of Angular Momentum
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/ConservationofAngularMomentum.html
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