About the graph below, tell some stories as probable as probable can be.
Roughwork.
Assuming linear (/rectilinear) motion in a single direction.
Assuming uniform acceleration, there are two cases: i.
zero acceleration and ii.
non-zero (constant) acceleration; in the former velocity being (a)
constant and the latter (b)
non-constant.
Assuming a flat spacetime metric of which the spatial part does not expands with the temporal part.
Imagine a man walking along a straight line from point to point . From
as the path is fixed, i.e., , we see speed and time
in an inverse relationship. As the man keeps his own fair pace and makes himself a good timekeeper, we can treat speed as an independent variable, and time a dependent variable.
: velocity being constant
Parameterize the Cartesian equation by the parameter (*as distinguished from the natural/unit-speed/arc-length parameter time ) so as to write a set of parametric equations:
: velocity being non-constant
The man begins with initial speed at start point and ends with final speed at finish point . We have
Write by SUVAT equations of motion:
Is this time also a natural parameter?
For a given parametric curve, the natural parametrization is unique up to a shift of parameter.
Wikipedia on Differentiable curve
(to be continued)