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Why are snooker balls harder to model?


Not the balls themselves, but I believe the fabric is thicker, and thus has a bigger effect on the balls' motion, on snooker tables compared to pool. There are also other difficulties, such as the cue having a smaller tip that brings more variability in the spin imparted to a ball, but those I think are less relevant to the ability to model the game from first principles (Newton's laws of motion).




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