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BP199 Stays put vs. tumbles.
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CROSSREFS

BP273 has the same solution, except all examples are letters.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP194 BP195 BP196 BP197 BP198  *  BP200 BP201 BP202 BP203 BP204

KEYWORD

nice, handed, updown, rotate, physics, anticomputer, perfect

CONCEPT base (info | search),
downward_upward (info | search),
tumbles_or_stays_put (info | search),
line_absolute_direction (info | search),
absolute_direction (info | search),
imagined_line_or_curve (info | search),
imagined_entity (info | search),
direction (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

AUTHOR

Harry E. Foundalis

BP234 Circle falls by gravity on the right of all other objects if let loose vs. circle falls by gravity on the left of all other objects if let loose.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP229 BP230 BP231 BP232 BP233  *  BP235 BP236 BP237 BP238 BP239

KEYWORD

dual, handed, leftright, physics, orderedtriplet, traditional

CONCEPT bounding_box (info | search),
downward_upward (info | search),
left_right (info | search),
line_absolute_direction (info | search),
absolute_direction (info | search),
imagined_motion (info | search),
motion (info | search),
direction (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

AUTHOR

Peter Shanahan

BP273 Stays put (both when placed on its top and bottom) vs. tumbles (when placed on its bottom).
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CROSSREFS

See BP199 for the original "stays put vs. tumbles".

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP268 BP269 BP270 BP271 BP272  *  BP274 BP275 BP276 BP277 BP278

KEYWORD

rotate, physics

CONCEPT base (info | search),
downward_upward (info | search),
tumbles_or_stays_put (info | search),
line_absolute_direction (info | search),
absolute_direction (info | search),
imagined_line_or_curve (info | search),
imagined_entity (info | search),
direction (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

WORLD

arial_font_centered_connected_symbol [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Merse E. Gáspár

BP274 Notch from above (holds poured water) vs. no notch from above (does not hold poured water).
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP269 BP270 BP271 BP272 BP273  *  BP275 BP276 BP277 BP278 BP279

KEYWORD

notso, physics

CONCEPT concave_convex_region (info | search),
downward_upward (info | search),
line_absolute_direction (info | search),
absolute_direction (info | search),
direction (info | search),
liquid_flow (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

WORLD

arial_font_centered_connected_symbol [smaller | same | bigger]

AUTHOR

Merse E. Gáspár

BP336 One gear turns all vs. no gear turns all.
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CROSSREFS

See BP536 for all gears can turn.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP331 BP332 BP333 BP334 BP335  *  BP337 BP338 BP339 BP340 BP341

KEYWORD

nice, stretch, physics, traditional

CONCEPT all (info | search),
turn_orientation (info | search),
every_other (info | search),
gear (info | search),
on_line_or_curve (info | search),
tracing_line_or_curve (info | search),
imagined_motion (info | search),
motion (info | search)

WORLD

gears [smaller | same | bigger]
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AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP358 The circles will collide if the arrows are their velocities vs. the circles will not collide if the arrows are their velocities.
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CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP353 BP354 BP355 BP356 BP357  *  BP359 BP360 BP361 BP362 BP363

KEYWORD

nice, physics, unorderedpair, traditional

CONCEPT arrow (info | search),
tracing_lines_or_curves_meet (info | search),
speed (info | search),
imagined_line_or_curve (info | search),
imagined_entity (info | search),
imagined_motion (info | search),
motion (info | search),
collision (info | search)

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP536 All gears can make complete turns vs. not so.
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CROSSREFS

See BP336 for one gear turns all.

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP531 BP532 BP533 BP534 BP535  *  BP537 BP538 BP539 BP540 BP541

KEYWORD

stretch, physics, traditional

CONCEPT all (info | search),
gear (info | search)

WORLD

gears [smaller | same | bigger]
zoom in left | zoom in right

AUTHOR

Aaron David Fairbanks

BP551 Unstable balance vs. not
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REFERENCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability_theory

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP546 BP547 BP548 BP549 BP550  *  BP552 BP553 BP554 BP555 BP556

EXAMPLE

The classic example is a pendulum with a solid rod (instead of a string) which has a stable balance point at the bottom of its swing, where if you move the pendulum slightly it will swing back towards that balanced state. However, theoretically the pendulum can also be balanced pointing directly up. In this case, if you move the pendulum slightly it will swing down away from that upwards balanced state.

KEYWORD

updown, rotate, physics, anticomputer, perfect

CONCEPT tumbles_or_stays_put (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

AUTHOR

Jago Collins

BP850 Shape can be maneuvered around the corner vs. not so.
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REFERENCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_sofa_problem

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP845 BP846 BP847 BP848 BP849  *  BP851 BP852 BP853 BP854 BP855

KEYWORD

nice, precise, physics, creativeexamples, proofsrequired, left-narrow, right-narrow, dithering

CONCEPT rotation_required (info | search),
imagined_motion (info | search),
physically_fitting (info | search)

AUTHOR

Leo Crabbe

BP896 Filled completely by fluid poured into gap (assuming there is already air) vs. not so.
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COMMENTS

For a non-physics-based solution, "there exists a never-vertically-increasing path starting from the opening to each point in the interior vs. not so." - Aaron David Fairbanks, Aug 01 2020

CROSSREFS

Adjacent-numbered pages:
BP891 BP892 BP893 BP894 BP895  *  BP897 BP898 BP899 BP900 BP901

KEYWORD

nice, handed, updown, physics

CONCEPT liquid_flow (info | search),
gravity (info | search)

WORLD

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AUTHOR

Zane Fry

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