Newton's second law and a wasted opportunity

Authors

  • Holger Valqui Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Lima, Perú

Abstract

Some people like to think that Newton´s Second Law reduces to F = m.a, where m is the mass of a particle-like-body, F is the resultant of the forces applied to that particle, and a is the acceleration acquired by that particle.

However, when students work in the laboratory to verify the validity of the SLN, they do not do so with a point body. On the other hand, in general, it does not make sense to refer to the acceleration of a non-point body either.

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References

H.Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, Addison-Wesley.

E.J.Saletan, A.H.Cromer, Theoretical Mechanics, Joh Wiley.

H.G.Valqui, Apuntes de Mecánica, 2003.

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Published

2004-05-19

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Valqui, H. (2004). Newton’s second law and a wasted opportunity. Journal of the Science Faculty @ UNI, 8(2), 8–20. Retrieved from https://revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/revciuni/article/view/2380

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2004)

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