Converse nonimplication edit

 

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Table summarizing the main boolean laws edit

S.No Law Expression
1 Identity  
2 Annihilator  
3 Idempotence  
4 Involution  
5 Complementarity  
6 Commutative  
7 Associative  
8 Distributive  
9 Absorption  
10 De Morgan  

Qualitative Proof edit

The tennis racket theorem can be qualitatively analysed with the help of Euler's equations.

Under torque free conditions, they take the following form:

 


Let  

Consider the situation when the object is rotating about axis with moment of inertia  . To determine the nature of equilibrium, assume small initial angular velocities along the other two axes. As a result, according to equation (1),   is very small. Therefore the time dependence of   may be neglected.

Now, differentiating equation (2) and substituting   from equation (3),

 

Note that   is being opposed and so rotation around this axis is stable for the object.

Similar reasoning also gives that rotation around axis with moment of inertia   is also stable.

Now apply the same thing to axis with moment of inertia  . This time   is very small. Therefore the time dependence of   may be neglected.

Now, differentiating equation (1) and substituting   from equation (3),

 

Note that   is not opposed and so rotation around this axis is unstable. Therefore even a small disturbance along other axes causes the object to 'flip'.