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Why do Metals Act like Mirrors for Charges? | The Method of Images the Intuitive Way
Why Metals Act like Mirrors for Charges: the Method of Images the Intuitive Way. In this video, an intuitive explanation for the classical case of the method of images is introduced. Most textbooks (at least all the ones I have seen) introduce the method of images with the uniqueness theorem. However, there's a much simpler explanation--at least for this simple case--which is presented here. I remember when I first heard about image charges I was so confused because it just seemed like magic, so I think a more "hands-on" approach is quite helpful for those seeing it for the first time.
For more detail on the method of images, see any standard E&M textbook--Griffiths and Purcell both have great sections on it.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Problem Introduction
1:50 Observations
4:43 Solution
5:31 Conclusion
The trick I use in this video (superposition) is one that I use a lot in my other physics olympiad videos and is pretty useful, so it's a nice idea idea to remember for those preparing for olympiads.
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The Accelerating Relativistic Rockets Paradox (Bell's Spaceship Paradox)
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The Accelerating Relativistic Rockets Paradox (Bell's Spaceship Paradox) is a special relativity thought experiment concerning two accelerating spaceships attached by a rope or string. It was first thought of in the 1900s, and is a great, tricky, paradox for those new to relativity. Also, the video's pretty fast, so feel free to comment any questions down below. The "obvious" answer by special ...
2021 USAPhO A2 (Flashlight) Solution: A Simple Relativity Problem
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This is a solution to the 2021 USAPhO (United States of America Physics Olympiad) Question A2. However, this isn't the official solution, those are not released yet as of now. The problem is pretty short and a bit straightforward, but still a nice instructive problem. Only the basic tools of special relativity are needed here and it's not that tricky. A good recent tricky USAPhO relativity prob...
Solutions to the Three Hydrostatic Physics Puzzles | Perpetual Motion Machine + more
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Solutions to the Three Hydrostatic Physics Puzzles | Perpetual Motion Machine more. The solutions are out now :D. In this video, the Solutions to the Three Tricky Hydrostatics Physics Puzzles are covered. The first segment of the video is the Hydrostatic Paradox Explained / Explanation for the Hydrostatic Paradox. Once you know the Explanation for the Hydrostatic Paradox, it seems a bit obvious...
Can YOU solve these Tricky Hydrostatic Physics Puzzles? | Hydrostatic Paradox + more
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Three tricky hydrostatics physics puzzles / problems are introduced, the solution is going to be covered in the second part. The first is the famous hydrostatic paradox, the hydrostatic paradox involves some initially strange forces due to equal pressures even with different volumes. This is a great physics problem The second is the famous ping pong ball and golf ball balance. It is counterintu...
Physics Olympiad: Finding the Terminal Velocity of a Pencil | IPhO 1998 pr1 & Morin 8.66
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This difficult physics problem is from the international physics olympiad (IPhO) (hardest), though in 1998, and I also modified it for this video. It looks at a pencil, hexagon, rolling down an inclined plane/a hexagon rolling down an inclined plane. It is quite an elegant mechanics problem looking at the terminal velocity of a hexagon rolling down an inclined plane, it is not such a common set...
Hydrostatics and Equilibrium with 2 Degrees of Freedom | Kalda Mechanics Series Ep. 6
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Follow my Instagram: slipping_hexagons Not sure if I'll use it yet, but maybe I will :D. In this video, 3 mechanics problems about statics are covered. All of them from a handout about physics olympiads. Two of the problems are about hydrostatics and one which involves a spinning pendulum and double pendulum. Two of them are about stable equilibrium. One of them does utilize a bi...
An Insanely Elegant Rotational Mechanics Problem | EuPhO 2018 Problem 1
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In this video, an elegant rotational mechanics problem is covered. This problem utilizes several concepts including conservation of momentum, conservation of angular momentum, and lastly conservation of energy. Lastly, a bit of geometry involving the centroid, medians, and center of mass is used. The problem is extremely fun to solve. This problem is from EuPhO 2018/1, the European Physics Olym...
Mass Point Geometry - Math with Physics! Ceva's Theorem & AMC 8 2019/24
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In this video, physics is used to prove ceva's theorem* by putting masses on the corners of the triangle. Then this so called mass point geometry is again used to solve an AMC 8 problem from 2019. Some of the main ideas behind the physics here are center of mass and torque balance in static equilibrium *This is a theorem that tells you when things are concurrent in a triangle or gives you some ...
Physics of Continuous Objects (Ropes) | Kalda Mechanics Series Ep. 5
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In this video, two similar problems are covered, both involving continuous objects, massive ropes. That is, ropes with mass. Because they have gravity acting on them, they won't be straight lines, and some interesting things tend to happen, such as one you notice in everday live, a rope dragging on the ground. The physics of the rope dragging on the ground is analyzed, involving both force and ...
Mathy Statics Problems + Virtual Work | Kalda Mechanics Series Ep. 4
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In this video, 3 statics problems are presented. The first involves using the idea that potential energy will be minimized and some mathematical tricks, such as noticing the locus of some points is a circle. The second uses the classic normal force plus friction force vector and makes sure that the torque is in the right direction, it is looking at the physics of a stopper (a particular one). T...
Statics Problems with Extremely Neat Tricks | Kalda Mechanics Series Ep. 3
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In this video 2 statics problems are presented, both of which have some rotational mechanics/physics involved. One involves a nice force balance with a superposition while the other involves some nice force line concurrences, which are derived from torque. They are both extremely neat, and worth a thought.
Statics with Accelerated Frames | Kalda Mechanics Episode 2
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Solutions for 2 Kalda Problems are presented, both being statics problems that utilize accelerated reference frames for them to be truly static. The first involves force balances so that the net force is 0, but the second one although using just force balances involves some incredibly tricky geometric force balance that requires a lot of 3D geometry visualization. This is bit of a long video, m...
4 Neat Statics Problems! Can you figure them out? | Kalda Mechanics Episode 1
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In this video 4 beautiful statics problems are presented, all of them combining physical and mathematical tricks that make the situations quite nice with less calculations. They are pulled from Kalda's mechanics handout, and again, are quite beautiful. They need so many concepts to be solved, force equations, torque equations, law of sines, trigonometry, friction, and more. They improve problem...
Select Problems From HC Verma
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Though these problems aren't as involved as the olympiad ones, they are still quite interesting and fun. This book seems to be used as JEE prep a lot in india and it was recommended to me by a couple of friends and I decided to post some problems (that was their idea too). the problems are nice, and I tried to choose intersting ones (in other words I chose the ones with pictures XD). I apologiz...
Infinite Resistors? Kalda Circuits
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Infinite Resistors? Kalda Circuits
Kalda Kinematics Fun!
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Kalda Kinematics Fun!
The Simple Pendulum with the Period Corrected
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The Simple Pendulum with the Period Corrected
Coupled Oscillators! Normal Modes!
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Coupled Oscillators! Normal Modes!
Loss of Simultaneity and the Train Paradox
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Loss of Simultaneity and the Train Paradox
Kalda Mechanics Problem 24
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Kalda Mechanics Problem 24
F=ma Exam 2020 B - Solutions to Selected Problems
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F=ma Exam 2020 B - Solutions to Selected Problems
Electrical Conductors and their Properties
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Electrical Conductors and their Properties
Kalda Thermodynamics Problem 3 [EstPho 2001]
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Kalda Thermodynamics Problem 3 [EstPho 2001]
F=ma Exam 2020 A - Solutions to Selected Problems
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F=ma Exam 2020 A - Solutions to Selected Problems

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  • @Conor_Murphy_TP
    @Conor_Murphy_TP 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a great video! Really intuitive way to understand the method of images :)

  • @Cooososoo
    @Cooososoo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why don't you upload more?

  • @Fizikakaalda
    @Fizikakaalda หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you for this chsnnel

  • @sankojuprithvi
    @sankojuprithvi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your are spectacular in solving physics problems.You Majestic and Marvellous

  • @trsomas
    @trsomas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This has more detailed explanation. th-cam.com/video/BBlZNcUt4Jk/w-d-xo.html

  • @just4simplegg428
    @just4simplegg428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AMAZING!

  • @anushna
    @anushna 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what do you mean by the fact that the path is a decreasing potential path?? why can’t it extend to infinity is what im not understanding

  • @nomachinesinthisroom
    @nomachinesinthisroom 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is very helpful, thank you! Couldn't find a shoutout to three blue one brown on your channel tho 🤔. I'm confused 🤓

  • @prakashlamani8898
    @prakashlamani8898 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wtching i 2024

  • @NiceOfYou06
    @NiceOfYou06 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This problem had been eating away at me for a long time. I was so happy to finally see a concise well explained. Great work!

  • @mateihurba8580
    @mateihurba8580 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This completes very nicely Purcell's mathematical approach to this problem. Yes, by the uniqueness theorem bla bla bla..., now I have a neat physical argument which is more intuitive!

    • @SlippingHexagons
      @SlippingHexagons 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great to hear! That was exactly the intention :)

  • @Physicsdristrophy
    @Physicsdristrophy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In prob 10 can you please explain why arctanu≥alpha

  • @jorgeherranzfeito32
    @jorgeherranzfeito32 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice video

  • @aravindakannank.s.
    @aravindakannank.s. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    u should give a comeback these days science and math related small started to due to rate of increase in audience related to this type of contents. u can get supports from viewers through patrion and merch whatever be it ,just give it a try.😊

    • @SlippingHexagons
      @SlippingHexagons 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll try my best though I'm busy with college and all these days :D

    • @aravindakannank.s.
      @aravindakannank.s. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SlippingHexagons oh ok ,learn a lot then share it yt if u liked to , 😊

  • @eyepradeepin2589
    @eyepradeepin2589 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3.54 ... Why field couldn't end on plate .u said potential is decreasing all along the path ..wht does that mean ..?

    • @gumkiller9734
      @gumkiller9734 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because any two points on the plate are at the same potential but if you followed the electric field back to the plate then the potential would have decreased, a contradiction.

  • @ultimatedoug2227
    @ultimatedoug2227 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ill try the second and third, even though its after 3 years and the solutions probably exist 2. i initially thought the see saw would stay even but after reading one of your replies, and considering tension, it will tip right 3. if you look at the string connecting the balls, the mass of the string is 0 so the net force on the string is 0 by F=ma. the forces acting on the string are the same forces acting on each ping pong ball. since the net force on the string is 0, the net force on each ball is also 0 and it stays in equilibrium

  • @AdamZielinski-l7k
    @AdamZielinski-l7k 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What if instead of a light pulse telling the ships to accelerate, they had a synchronised clock onboard that told them when to accelerate?

  • @Cooososoo
    @Cooososoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Plz bring more on hydrostatic

  • @houfan4749
    @houfan4749 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For number 3, if the machine were to spin, the ping pong balls on the right would go up and the ones on the left would go down. However, all the balls are pulling upwards, so that will not work. Only if the ping pong balls were swapped with rocks on the left would the machine work, and that one would only work for a small amount of time

  • @howdadogdoin729
    @howdadogdoin729 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video!!

  • @Quadriceps4
    @Quadriceps4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    magnificent video!

  • @SahilAkhtar003
    @SahilAkhtar003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hau to be saxi laik u saar

  • @wilurbean
    @wilurbean 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a *really* good video

  • @ThunderTurtle7
    @ThunderTurtle7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The light pulse hits both spaceships at the same time if it starts from the center of the rope. Remember, the spaceships aren't moving if there's nothing to move relative to!

  • @KingD88
    @KingD88 ปีที่แล้ว

    From where can I find the pdf of 2022B??

  • @ikshu0769
    @ikshu0769 ปีที่แล้ว

    nicee i was able to solve the first ques by torque analysis about the Centre of the circle of radius r but the second problem i did one tiny mistake

  • @ikshu0769
    @ikshu0769 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never ever stop making mechanincs problems vids man they are so damn good and mechanics is ofcourse one THE best things in physics

  • @sanderworm1781
    @sanderworm1781 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually watched this video before meeting you at ipho 2023, without knowing that you created it. Amazing video!

  • @pcrengnr1
    @pcrengnr1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx for sharing. Dang does this mean I'll have to refund all my investors money on my perpetual ping-pong ball FREE energy generator. Hey, don't tell my investors at least until I amass enough money to buy a new life somewhere else and leave town. Hahaha. As W.C.Fields said in one of his movies, yes indeed there's a sucker born everyday yes indeed yes indeed. LOL. Again thx for sharing.

  • @prathamesheedigi
    @prathamesheedigi ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro you should make a series on jee advance questions. Your channel is very underrated

  • @prathamesheedigi
    @prathamesheedigi ปีที่แล้ว

    It's gold for jee aspirants

  • @jnjasminful
    @jnjasminful ปีที่แล้ว

    Place a container partly filled with water on a kitchen scale and push down an object in the water (as on the left of the scale) or hold a sinking object half-way in the water (as on the right of the scale). You'll see that the mass shown by the scale increases. And that increase is exactly equal to the mass of the water displaced by the immersed object (a 100 ml object will add about 100 grams on the scale). In your problem 2 there are two forces acting on either side of the scale: the weight (gravitational force) of the water and the buoyancy force. And both forces are equal on either side of the scale: there is the same amount of water on either side, and the buoyancy forces are equal because the two balls have the same volume. Conclusion: the scale does not tip on either side. You can easily to the experiment at home with a kitchen scale.

  • @Allofthismelhem
    @Allofthismelhem ปีที่แล้ว

    In problem 11 I can't imagine how the equilibrium go out so for improving it for me I must solve it by Newtown and torques equations, So can you solve it by these equations ?

  • @rahulzagade3778
    @rahulzagade3778 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @tujan7598
    @tujan7598 ปีที่แล้ว

    smh, i can't believe these small angle approximations. For the second one, you should be able to do dy/ds = lambda*g*s/sqrt((lambda*g*s)^2+(T_x)^2) which is easily integrable via u-sub and then you still get a quadratic in l, right?

  • @davidgershony1453
    @davidgershony1453 ปีที่แล้ว

    help me bro

  • @LearnWithFardin
    @LearnWithFardin ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @petergoh5628
    @petergoh5628 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, for problem 3 I’m a bit unclear. Why is there a vertical component of the velocity of the intersection? And why is the overall velocity tangent to the circle? Also what do you mean by frame moving v/2 right?

  • @radioniciradion7561
    @radioniciradion7561 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its wrong then its conected ...

  • @iwir3d
    @iwir3d ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone trying to find "infinite" energy needs a better understanding of how reality works lol... according to Newton.. no energy is every "created" or "lost"... it was all created during the big bang.. energy is never lost it only converts from one form to another.. the onlything "infinite" is the universe itself (sorta).

    • @SlippingHexagons
      @SlippingHexagons ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha yea, that's the fundamental reason behind any of these perpetual motion machines not working. But I think it's pretty fun to try to think of reasons why it doesn't work in terms of the nitty-gritty details :)

  • @harishk30
    @harishk30 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Kind Sir, I hope this message finds you at a good time. My AP Physics C work and energy test is coming up in two days, and I am seeking private counseling. Would you please be able to give me some? I can pay you. In addition, can you plz teach me how to animate like this bhai - for my history class, I have to make a 3 - 4:30 minute presentation, and I would love to animate much like you do. Thank you sir

  • @shayanalinejad8059
    @shayanalinejad8059 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the second puzzle, the scale deviates to the right. Because the thread is connected to the bottom of the container on the left side, and the tension force of the thread is equal to the difference between the buoyancy force and the weight of the object, and this force enters the container upwards. On the other hand, the reaction of the buoyancy force on the object is added to the water and the whole set downwards. So, the added forces in the set on the right are added to the size of the weight of the light object. On the right side, however, the tension force of the thread does not enter the container because it is not connected to the container. The only force added to the set is the buoyant force that enters the object. Now, since the volume of the two objects is the same, then the buoyancy force vector is the same for both objects, and the weight of the light object on the left side is less than the buoyancy force, so by comparing, we can see that the force added to the container on the right side is more.

  • @shayanalinejad8059
    @shayanalinejad8059 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the first puzzle. The reason that despite the different amounts of water in the containers, the force on the bottom of the container from the water is the same is the effect of the force of the walls of the container. In the figure on the left, where the amount of water in the container is more than the others, due to the walls facing outwards, part of the weight of the water is neutralized by the walls, and only part of the water weight, which is the same as the weight of the water in the middle container, is applied to the bottom of the container In the middle container, where the force of the wall has no effect and the weight of the water has entered the bottom of the container, and in the third container, because the walls are facing inward, the vertical reaction force of the wall adds to the weight of the water, and the force on the bottom of the container is greater than the weight of the water and It is equal to the weight of the water in the middle container, in this way, all three apply the same force to the bottom of the container

  • @physicsisnice4866
    @physicsisnice4866 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir, plz help me with JEE😭

  • @rubixcube8801
    @rubixcube8801 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't quite understand how is the angle q constant if the question says it changes effortlessly???

    • @bamsuth9650
      @bamsuth9650 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      both the rods are rotating with the same amount, hence the angle between them never changes

    • @bamsuth9650
      @bamsuth9650 หลายเดือนก่อน

      also effortlessly means its frictionless

  • @ArjunPatel-ls5oj
    @ArjunPatel-ls5oj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wish i could slurp watermelon as well as you shlrup shlurp 🍉

  • @ArjunPatel-ls5oj
    @ArjunPatel-ls5oj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    daaaaaaang bru this damn baby won't shut up! KAPOW! 👊

  • @ArjunPatel-ls5oj
    @ArjunPatel-ls5oj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    dear sir i wish i was your smartness would bleed into me thanks for the help in my algebra class

  • @Michel-Brix
    @Michel-Brix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:30 IT WORKS!!!!! IT WORKS!!!!!! ...on your animation:D Nice Video!

  • @m2ongod
    @m2ongod 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw the same solution to the first problem in my physics teacher's book , kudos still !

    • @SlippingHexagons
      @SlippingHexagons 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha that's cool :) It's a fairly well-known problem so I would expect so