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Classical Action Integral [8 pts]

  Show that the classical action integral has the value

 

where is the maximum height attained by the ball in its bounce.

Hint: You may wish to sketch one period of the motion on a plot of p versus z, where p is the momentum of the particle.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Mar 7 15:22:31 EST 1996