Tennis racket theorem: Difference between revisions

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Note that <math>\omega_1</math> is ''not'' opposed (and therefore will grow) and so rotation around the second axis is ''unstable''. Therefore, even a small disturbance, alongin otherthe axesform of a very small initial value of <math>\omega_1</math> or <math>\omega_3</math>, causes the object to 'flip'.

=== Matrix analysis ===