Elementary derivations of centripetal acceleration and works of Huygens and Newton: a revisit with a simple physical derivation

2022/10/07 by Siu A. Chin, Chin, Siu A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2210.03808

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Abstract

This work shows how two simple derivations of the centripetal acceleration are fundamentally related to seminal works of Huygens and Newton. A different, more physically motivated derivation is then given.

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