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I meant the infinitely massive box of physicists dreams. Translational symmetry is broken by the boundaries of the world
by bodhiandphysics 5y ago
I meant the infinitely massive box of physicists dreams. Translational symmetry is broken by the boundaries of the world
- nextaccountic 5y agoYou mean, a box that is immovable because it has infinite mass? Hmmm I don't get it. What boundaries, the box boundaries? How does it break translational symmetry? Anyway in this case I think at least elastic collisions will still conserve momentum, eg this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision#/media/File:Translational_motion.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_collision#/media/File:... conserves momentum even if the box has infinite mass.