Demonstrating Unstable Balance

Demonstrating Unstable Balance
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2020-05-25 15:01
This example dynamically demonstrates an unstable balance phenomenon through graphical transformations, visually presenting the relationship between equilibrium and tilting. Core mathematical concepts include vector operations, reflection transformations, sequence generation, and analytical geometry calculations of line segment intersections. Construction highlights the use of GeoGebra commands: Sequence, Vector, Mirror, Translate, Element, Line, Intersect, and Segment. Suitable for high school students learning vectors, transformations, and dynamic geometry, it can be used for mathematical modeling of physical mechanics principles.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Sequence(1 / n, n, 1, k) → l1
  2. Sequence(Sum[l1, j], j, 0, k) → l2
  3. Sequence((1 / 2 * Element[l2, i]), i, 1, k) → l3
  4. Vector(((-Element[l3, k]) - 1, 0, (-0.1 * k)), (0, 0, 0)) → u
  5. Sequence((Element[l3, i] + 1, -0.5, (0.1 * (i + 1))), i, 1, k - 1) → l5
  6. Sequence((Element[l3, i] + 1, 0.5, (0.1 * (i + 1))), i, 1, k - 1) → l6
  7. Sequence((Element[l3, i] + 2, -0.5, (0.1 * (i + 1))), i, 1, k - 1) → l5b
  8. Sequence((Element[l3, i] + 2, 0.5, (0.1 * (i + 1))), i, 1, k - 1) → l6b
  9. Sequence((Element[l3, i] + 2, -0.5, (0.1 * i)), i, 1, k - 1) → l7
  10. Sequence(Polygon[Element[l5, i], Element[l6, i], Element[l6b, i], Element[l5b, i]], i, 1, k - 1) → l8
  11. Sequence(Prism[Element[l8, i], 0.1], i, 1, Length[l8]) → l9
  12. Mirror(l9, (0, 0, 0)) → l9'
  13. Translate(l9', u) → l9''
  14. Element(l9'', A1) → B1
  15. Element(l9'', A2) → B2
  16. Element(l9'', A3) → B3
  17. Element(l9'', A4) → B4
  18. Element(l9'', A5) → B5
  19. Element(l9'', A6) → B6
  20. Element(l9'', A7) → B7
  21. Element(l9'', A8) → B8
  22. Element(l9'', A9) → B9
  23. Element(l9'', A10) → B10
  24. Element(l9'', A11) → B11
  25. Element(l9'', A12) → B12
  26. Element(l9'', A13) → B13
  27. Element(l9'', A14) → B14
  28. Element(l9'', A15) → B15
  29. Element(l9'', A16) → B16
  30. Element(l9'', A17) → B17
  31. Element(l9'', A18) → B18
  32. Element(l9'', A19) → B19
  33. Element(l9'', A20) → B20
  34. Element(l9'', A21) → B21
  35. Element(l9'', A22) → B22
  36. Element(l9'', A23) → B23
  37. Element(l9'', A24) → B24
  38. Element(l9'', A25) → B25
  39. Element(l9'', A26) → B26
  40. Element(l9'', A27) → B27
  41. Element(l9'', A28) → B28
  42. Element(l9'', A29) → B29
  43. Element(l9'', A30) → B30
  44. Element(l9'', A31) → B31
  45. Element(l9'', A32) → B32
  46. Element(l9'', A33) → B33
  47. Element(l9'', A34) → B34
  48. Element(l9'', A35) → B35
  49. Element(l9'', A36) → B36
  50. Element(l9'', A37) → B37
  51. Element(l9'', A38) → B38
  52. Element(l9'', A39) → B39
  53. Element(l9'', A40) → B40
  54. Element(l9'', A41) → B41
  55. Element(l9'', A42) → B42
  56. Element(l9'', A43) → B43
  57. Element(l9'', A44) → B44
  58. Element(l9'', A45) → B45
  59. Element(l9'', A46) → B46
  60. Element(l9'', A47) → B47
  61. Line(A, zAxis) → f
  62. Intersect(f, xOyPlane) → B
  63. Segment(A, B) → g
  64. Mirror(l9'', g) → l9'''
  65. Mirror(B2, g) → C2
  66. Mirror(B3, g) → C3
  67. Mirror(B4, g) → C4
  68. Mirror(B5, g) → C5
  69. Mirror(B6, g) → C6
  70. Mirror(B7, g) → C7
  71. Mirror(B8, g) → C8
  72. Mirror(B9, g) → C9
  73. Mirror(B10, g) → C10
  74. Mirror(B11, g) → C11
  75. Mirror(B12, g) → C12
  76. Mirror(B13, g) → C13
  77. Mirror(B14, g) → C14
  78. Mirror(B15, g) → C15
  79. Mirror(B16, g) → C16
  80. Mirror(B17, g) → C17
  81. Mirror(B18, g) → C18
  82. Mirror(B19, g) → C19
  83. Mirror(B20, g) → C20
  84. Mirror(B21, g) → C21
  85. Mirror(B22, g) → C22
  86. Mirror(B23, g) → C23
  87. Mirror(B24, g) → C24
  88. Mirror(B25, g) → C25
  89. Mirror(B26, g) → C26
  90. Mirror(B27, g) → C27
  91. Mirror(B28, g) → C28
  92. Mirror(B29, g) → C29
  93. Mirror(B30, g) → C30
  94. Mirror(B31, g) → C31
  95. Mirror(B32, g) → C32
  96. Mirror(B33, g) → C33
  97. Mirror(B34, g) → C34
  98. Mirror(B35, g) → C35
  99. Mirror(B36, g) → C36
  100. Mirror(B37, g) → C37
  101. Mirror(B38, g) → C38
  102. Mirror(B39, g) → C39
  103. Mirror(B40, g) → C40
  104. Mirror(B41, g) → C41
  105. Mirror(B42, g) → C42
  106. Mirror(B43, g) → C43
  107. Mirror(B44, g) → C44
  108. Mirror(B45, g) → C45
  109. Mirror(B46, g) → C46
  110. Mirror(B47, g) → C47
  111. Element(l9'', A48) → B48
  112. Mirror(B48, g) → C48
  113. Element(l9'', A49) → B49
  114. Mirror(B49, g) → C49
  115. Element(l9'', A50) → B50
  116. Mirror(B50, g) → C50
  117. Element(l9'', A51) → B51
  118. Mirror(B51, g) → C51
  119. Element(l9'', A52) → B52
  120. Mirror(B52, g) → C52
  121. Element(l9'', A53) → B53
  122. Mirror(B53, g) → C53
  123. Element(l9'', A54) → B54
  124. Mirror(B54, g) → C54
  125. Element(l9'', A55) → B55
  126. Mirror(B55, g) → C55
  127. Element(l9'', A56) → B56
  128. Mirror(B56, g) → C56
  129. Element(l9'', A57) → B57
  130. Mirror(B57, g) → C57
  131. Element(l9'', A58) → B58
  132. Mirror(B58, g) → C58
  133. Element(l9'', A59) → B59
  134. Mirror(B59, g) → C59
  135. Element(l9'', A60) → B60
  136. Mirror(B60, g) → C60
  137. Mirror(B1, g) → C1