Timeline for Why torque is defined to have a direction as the axis of rotation?
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| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:27 | history | edited | user249968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:20 | comment | added | David White | I'm not making a statement based on symmetry, but on practicality. The question is: How do you get everyone to agree on the direction of the torque vector, regardless of where they are observing the rotation from? | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:19 | comment | added | user240696 | Are you saying that for the purpose of symmetry the vectorial concept of torque was brought? | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 19:14 | history | answered | David White | CC BY-SA 4.0 |