Equilibrium point ↩

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aliases: [Equilibrium point in a force field]
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created: 2022-07-08 22:26:43
modified: 2022-07-10 15:44:13

A point mass is in an equilibrium point if the gradient of the potential energy vanishes

, because the force vanishes here

If the particle has zero velocity when it reaches an equilibrium point, it stops and stays there.

Types of equilibrium points

Equilibrium points can be categorized into three kinds: