Moment of Inertia
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Definition: the moment of inertia of P is

$\overline{I} \equiv \overline{ J} / \omega$

where $\overline{ J}$ is the particle's angular momentum vector.

$\begin{align} \left\| \, \overline{I} \, \right\| = \frac{m R^{2}}{2} \end{align}$

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