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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HOW IS DEGREES OF FREEDOM CHOOSEN

OpenStudy (anonymous):

DOF is a term used in many different area like electronics, robotics, mechanics or I think even chemistry. Specify you question!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I am going to assume you mean physics. Degree of freedom, in a more general sense, is the number of generalized coordinates you have in a Lagrangian/Hamiltonian, so it determines how many equations (trivial or not) you can have for a system.

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