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  2. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    When Newton's laws are applied to rotating extended bodies, they lead to new quantities that are analogous to those invoked in the original laws. The analogue of mass is the moment of inertia, the counterpart of momentum is angular momentum, and the counterpart of force is torque. Angular momentum is calculated with respect to a reference point ...

  3. Circular motion - Wikipedia

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    On the left is a unit circle showing the changes ^ and ^ in the unit vectors ^ and ^ for a small increment in angle . During circular motion, the body moves on a curve that can be described in the polar coordinate system as a fixed distance R from the center of the orbit taken as the origin, oriented at an angle θ ( t ) from some reference ...

  4. List of scientific laws named after people - Wikipedia

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    Physics: Charles Augustin de Coulomb: Law of Charles and Gay-Lussac (frequently called Charles's law) Thermodynamics: Jacques Charles and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac: Clifford's theorem Clifford's circle theorems: Algebraic geometry, Geometry: William Kingdon Clifford: Curie's law: Physics: Pierre Curie: Curie–Weiss law: Physics: Pierre Curie and ...

  5. Momentum - Wikipedia

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    In both frames of reference, any change in momentum will be found to be consistent with the relevant laws of physics. Suppose x is a position in an inertial frame of reference. From the point of view of another frame of reference, moving at a constant speed u relative to the other, the position (represented by a primed coordinate) changes with ...

  6. Moment (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The moment of force, or torque, is a first moment: =, or, more generally, .; Similarly, angular momentum is the 1st moment of momentum: =.Momentum itself is not a moment.; The electric dipole moment is also a 1st moment: = for two opposite point charges or () for a distributed charge with charge density ().

  7. Euler's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Euler's second law states that the rate of change of angular momentum L about a point that is fixed in an inertial reference frame (often the center of mass of the body), is equal to the sum of the external moments of force acting on that body M about that point: [1] [4] [5]

  8. AP Physics - Wikipedia

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    AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics 1 are both introductory college-level courses in mechanics, with the former recognized by more universities. [8] The AP Physics C: Mechanics exam includes a combination of conceptual questions, algebra-based questions, and calculus-based questions, while the AP Physics 1 exam includes only conceptual and algebra-based questions.

  9. Newton's theorem of revolving orbits - Wikipedia

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    According to the conservation of angular momentum, ω 1 changes with the radius r =; where m and L 1 are the first particle's mass and angular momentum, respectively, both of which are constant. Hence, ω 1 is constant only if the radius r is constant, i.e., when the orbit is a circle. However, in that case, the orbit does not change as it ...