Variable-mass system the momentum of the system varies for Therefore, by Newton's second law Noting that u - v is the velocity of d"m" relative to "m", symbolized as v, this final equation can be arranged as In a system where mass is being ejected or ablated from a main body, the derivation is slightly different. At time "t", let a mass "m" travel at a velocity v, meaning the initial momentum of the system is Since the main body will be losing mass, d"m" will be negative, meaning that at a time "t" + d"t" the momentum of the system becomes
Dot product representation of a graph Dot product representation of a graph A dot product representation of a simple graph is a method of representing a graph using vector spaces and the dot product from linear algebra. Every graph has a dot product representation. Let "G" be a graph with vertex set "V". Let "F" be a field, and "f" a function from "V" to "F" such that "xy" is an edge of "G" if and only if "f"("x")·"f"("y") ≥ "t". This is the dot product representation of "G". The number "t" is called the dot product threshold, and the smallest possible value of "k" is