🌀 Conservation of Angular Momentum — the spinning skater (NO external torque)

There is no torque here — nobody pushes the skater. So L = I·ω is locked. Pull the arms IN and the moment of inertia I falls, so the spin ω must jump up to keep the SAME L. (Contrast with the Moment-of-Inertia scene, where an applied torque τ spins the rod up via α = τ/I.)
L = Iω
12.0 ✓ constant
I=I₀+2mr²
9.00
ω (rad/s)
1.33
KE = ½Iω² = 8.0 J  (rises when you pull in — you do work)