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``Re: How does a penny fall?''
by bloftin on 2009-06-21 19:04:01 |
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The short answer is it depends... there are a lot of different circumstances and initial conditions that will affect the flight. If you want a real good analysis head to your local library/or got to link and check out this article in Nature that will give you more details on the chaotic dynamics.
"Chaotic dynamics of falling disks" Stuart B. Field1, M. Klaus2, M. G. Moore2,3 & Franco Nori2
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nori/disks/long.pdf
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