I'm studying rigid body motion on Landau but I'm having troubles to understand this proof of the fact that the angular velocity →Ω is constant for a rigid body.
My doubt is about the two last equations in the last two lines of the text. If I use the two I get
→V′=→V+(→Ω−→Ω′)×→r′+→Ω×→a
How are (31.3) derived from this?
Answer
You have
\boldsymbol{v} = \boldsymbol{V'} + \boldsymbol{\Omega'} \times \boldsymbol{r'}
and
\boldsymbol{v} = \boldsymbol{V} + \boldsymbol{\Omega} \times (\boldsymbol{r'}+\boldsymbol{a})
You collect the \boldsymbol{r'} terms
\boldsymbol{v} = \boldsymbol{V'} + \boldsymbol{\Omega'} \times \boldsymbol{r'} = \left( \boldsymbol{V}+ \boldsymbol{\Omega} \times \boldsymbol{a} \right) + \left( \boldsymbol{\Omega} \times \boldsymbol{r'} \right)
which is solved uniquely when
\begin{align} \boldsymbol{\Omega'} & = \boldsymbol{\Omega} \\ \boldsymbol{V'} &= \boldsymbol{V}+ \boldsymbol{\Omega} \times \boldsymbol{a} \end{align}
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