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Mechanics of particles and systems Foundations of particle mechanics Concept

Classical mechanics

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Classical mechanics is the theory of the motion of bodies under forces, in the form that Newton gave it. In its simplest model, a system is a finite set of point particles with masses and positions in Euclidean space. Its motion solves a system of second-order ordinary differential equations. It describes motion well at speeds small compared with the speed of light and at scales large compared with atoms. Much of the theory of differential equations, the calculus of variations and symplectic geometry grew out of it.

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