Question

What is the geometrical meaning of angular momentum?

Answer 1

The angular momentum L of a particle about a given origin is defined as: ... Because of the cross product, L is a pseudovector perpendicular to both the radial vector r and the momentum vector p and it is assigned a sign by the right-hand rule.

Answer 2

Angular momentum:

• It is defined as the quantity of rotation of a body which is the product and angular velocity and moment of inertia.

• In physics, angular momentum is the rotational correspondent of linear momentum. It is an important quantity in physics since it is a conserved quantity—the total angular momentum of a closed system remains continuous.

• Angular momentum (L) is clear as the distance of the object from a rotation axis multiplied by the linear momentum: L = r*p or L = mvr.

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