Rotation with Zero Angular Momentum (The Square Cat)
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A deformable body can rotate itself using only internal forces-without any external torque, keeping its angular momentum zero. This is the case for a cat falling from a tree and landing on its feet. The four masses at the vertices of a parallelogram in ...
Contributed by: Oren Raz, Eli Putterman, and Yosi Avron