[Vo]:...now for something completely different

[Harry Veeder]

If anyone cares to comment I would appreciate it.

While considering a method to study the motion of a curling stone in
an alternate frame of reference I noticed that if the rotational speed of a
curling stone where it touches the ice is less than its translational speed
(system A), it is possible to reproduce the _relative contact_ velocities
between the stone and the ice by having an ice surface rotate underneath a
stationary stone (system B).

the two systems are illustrated here:
http://web.ncf.ca/eo200/twosystems.jpg
The green vector is the _relative contact_ velocity of one point of
contact.

Does this analysis appear correct?


Harry