FYKOS Year 34 Series 6 Problem 1 — figure skater · FYKOS 34 #34.6.1
Physics · mechanics
Problem
Assume a figure skater, rotating around her transverse axis with her arms
spread with an angular velocity ω. Find her angular velocity ω′,
that she will rotate with her arms positioned close to her body.
What work does she have to perform in order to get her arms close to her body? Finding a proper approximation of
the figure skater's body is left to the reader.