The falling raindrop, revisited Export

@article{citeulike:5347730, abstract = {I reconsider the problem of a raindrop falling through mist, collecting mass, and generalize it to allow an arbitrary power-law form for the accretion rate. I show that the coupled differential equations can be solved by the simple trick of temporarily eliminating time (t) in favor of the raindrop's mass (m) as the independent variable}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Sokal, Alan D.}, citeulike-article-id = {5347730}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0090}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0908.0090}, day = {1}, eprint = {0908.0090}, keywords = {classical\_mechanics, raindrop}, month = {Aug}, posted-at = {2009-08-04 15:16:54}, priority = {0}, title = {The falling raindrop, revisited}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0090}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5347730 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5347730 N2 - I reconsider the problem of a raindrop falling through mist, collecting mass, and generalize it to allow an arbitrary power-law form for the accretion rate. I show that the coupled differential equations can be solved by the simple trick of temporarily eliminating time (t) in favor of the raindrop's mass (m) as the independent variable TI - The falling raindrop, revisited KW - classical_mechanics KW - raindrop AU - Sokal, Alan PY - 2009/Aug/01/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0090 ER -