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Parallel-axis theorem checked on two equal point masses on the third axis

Example

Let m>0, r>0, and let

ν:=m δre3+m δ−re3

be the weighted sum of the two Dirac measures at ±re3 (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 2m (Mass distributions on R3: total mass, first moment and inertia matrix). Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice ACω (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)), 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 R3). Then:

  • ν is centred, μ(ν)=m re3+m(−re3)=0, and its inertia matrix about the origin is I(ν)=diag(2mr2,2mr2,0);
  • the inertia tensor about a=ce3, computed directly from the definition, is Iν(ce3)=diag(2m(r2+c2),2m(r2+c2),0), and the parallel-axis identity of Parallel-axis theorem: the inertia tensor about a displaced point of a centred mass distribution, Iν(a)=I(ν)+2m(∥a∥22I3−aaT), reproduces exactly this value.

All entries are exact polynomial expressions in m,r,c; no measurement is involved.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The parameters m>0, r>0, a real c, the measure ν=mδre3+mδ−re3, and the notation of Mass distributions on R3: total mass, first moment and inertia matrix and The inertia tensor of a finite bounded Borel measure about any point of R3.

[L1]

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): ν(E)=mδre3(E)+mδ−re3(E) for every Borel set E, so ν is a measure with ν(R3)=2m and ν({re3})=ν({−re3})=m; for every real measurable f bounded on the two-point support one has ∫f dν=mf(re3)+mf(−re3) (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 L1(μ)).

[L2]

The two inertia objects (Mass distributions on R3: total mass, first moment and inertia matrix, The inertia tensor of a finite bounded Borel measure about any point of R3): I(ν)jk=∫(∥ρ∥22δjk−ρjρk) dν and Iν(a)jk=∫(∥ρ−a∥22δjk−(ρj−aj)(ρk−ak)) dν; all entries are finite real numbers under ACω (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 R3).

[L3]

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 mtot one has Iν(a)=I(ν)+mtot(∥a∥22I3−aaT).

[L4]

Matrix data (The Euclidean inner product ⟨x,y⟩=∑k<nxkyk on Rn, The vector space Mm×n(F):=F m×n of m by n matrices over a field, with entrywise operations, Rectangular matrix multiplication and the identity matrix In, including zero-sized shapes, Laws of finite sums and finite products): for ρ=±re3 one has ρρT=r2e3e3T and ∥ρ∥22=r2; for a=ce3 and ρ=re3 one has ρ−a=(r−c)e3 while for ρ=−re3 one has ρ−a=−(r+c)e3; and I3−e3e3T=diag(1,1,0).

Verification

Proof technique: direct; evaluate the two atomic integrals and compare the two sides of the parallel-axis identity.

1.1givenL1L2algebra

Centredness and total mass: by the atomic formula of [L1], μ(ν)=m⋅re3+m⋅(−re3)=0 and ν(R3)=2m, so ν is a centred mass distribution of total mass 2m and [L3] applies.

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Inertia about the origin: by [L1], [L2] and [L4], I(ν)=m(r2I3−r2e3e3T)+m(r2I3−r2e3e3T)=2mr2(I3−e3e3T)=diag(2mr2,2mr2,0).

2.2step 1.1L1L2L4algebra

Inertia about ce3, computed directly: for ρ=re3 the shifted integrand is (r−c)2(I3−e3e3T) and for ρ=−re3 it is (r+c)2(I3−e3e3T), so by [L1], [L2] and [L4], Iν(ce3)=m((r−c)2+(r+c)2)(I3−e3e3T)=2m(r2+c2)(I3−e3e3T)=diag(2m(r2+c2),2m(r2+c2),0).

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The theorem side: by [L3] with mtot=2m and a=ce3, Iν(ce3)=I(ν)+2m(c2I3−c2e3e3T), which by step 2.1 and [L4] equals 2m(r2+c2)(I3−e3e3T), in exact agreement with the direct computation of step 2.2: the parallel-axis identity holds at this data.

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