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Parallel-axis theorem checked on two equal point masses on the third axis
Example
Let , , and let
be the weighted sum of the two Dirac measures at (The Dirac set function at a point, Nonnegative scalar multiples and countable weighted sums of measures are measures), a bounded finite Borel measure and hence a mass distribution of total mass (Mass distributions on : total mass, first moment and inertia matrix). Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice ()), used only to make the displayed integrals finite (Finiteness and a uniform bound for the entries of the inertia tensor about an arbitrary point, Finiteness of the moments of a bounded finite Borel measure on ). Then:
- is centred, , and its inertia matrix about the origin is ;
- the inertia tensor about , computed directly from the definition, is , and the parallel-axis identity of Parallel-axis theorem: the inertia tensor about a displaced point of a centred mass distribution, , reproduces exactly this value.
All entries are exact polynomial expressions in ; no measurement is involved.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The parameters , , a real , the measure , and the notation of Mass distributions on : total mass, first moment and inertia matrix and The inertia tensor of a finite bounded Borel measure about any point of .
The measure and its integrals (The Dirac set function at a point, A Dirac set function is a probability measure, Nonnegative scalar multiples and countable weighted sums of measures are measures, Nonnegative scalar multiples and countable weighted sums of measures): for every Borel set , so is a measure with and ; for every real measurable bounded on the two-point support one has (The nonnegative Lebesgue integral, The integral of a nonnegative simple function, Integral over a measurable subset, Integrable real and complex functions, and their integrals, Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral, The Lebesgue integral is linear on ).
The two inertia objects (Mass distributions on : total mass, first moment and inertia matrix, The inertia tensor of a finite bounded Borel measure about any point of ): and ; all entries are finite real numbers under (Finiteness and a uniform bound for the entries of the inertia tensor about an arbitrary point, Finiteness of the moments of a bounded finite Borel measure on ).
The parallel-axis theorem (Parallel-axis theorem: the inertia tensor about a displaced point of a centred mass distribution): for a centred mass distribution of total mass one has .
Matrix data (The Euclidean inner product on , The vector space of by matrices over a field, with entrywise operations, Rectangular matrix multiplication and the identity matrix , including zero-sized shapes, Laws of finite sums and finite products): for one has and ; for and one has while for one has ; and .
Verification
Proof technique: direct; evaluate the two atomic integrals and compare the two sides of the parallel-axis identity.
Centredness and total mass: by the atomic formula of [L1], and , so is a centred mass distribution of total mass and [L3] applies.
Inertia about the origin: by [L1], [L2] and [L4],
Inertia about , computed directly: for the shifted integrand is and for it is , so by [L1], [L2] and [L4],
The theorem side: by [L3] with and , , which by step 2.1 and [L4] equals , in exact agreement with the direct computation of step 2.2: the parallel-axis identity holds at this data.
Depends on
Parallel-axis theorem: the inertia tensor about a displaced point of a centred mass distribution
The inertia tensor of a finite bounded Borel measure about any point of
Mass distributions on : total mass, first moment and inertia matrix
Finiteness and a uniform bound for the entries of the inertia tensor about an arbitrary point
Finiteness of the moments of a bounded finite Borel measure on
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
The Dirac set function at a point
A Dirac set function is a probability measure
Nonnegative scalar multiples and countable weighted sums of measures are measures
Nonnegative scalar multiples and countable weighted sums of measures
The nonnegative Lebesgue integral
The integral of a nonnegative simple function
Integral over a measurable subset
Integrable real and complex functions, and their integrals
Monotonicity and nonnegative homogeneity of the nonnegative integral
The Lebesgue integral is linear on
The Euclidean inner product on
The vector space of by matrices over a field, with entrywise operations
Rectangular matrix multiplication and the identity matrix , including zero-sized shapes
Laws of finite sums and finite products
Open ball, closed ball and sphere in a metric space
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Sources
- D. Tong, Classical Dynamics (Cambridge lecture notes, 2015), §3.2.1, Eqs. (3.25)-(3.26), printed pp. 52-53: the parallel-axis formula verified here on a two-point distribution
- K. Likharev, Essential Graduate Physics: Classical Mechanics, Chapter 4 Section 4.2, Eq. (4.28), printed page 6 of Chapter 4 (PDF page 60): the axis-shift theorem I'_{jj'}=I_{jj'}+M(delta_{jj'}d^2-d_jd_{j'})