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Why is absolute time considered an axiom of Newtonian mechanics? What statements are based on this axiom?
I guess absolute time is associated to classical mechanics because people like Newton believed in that concept, but are there actually any statements whose derivation is based on this assumption?
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Is time an invariant of Galilean transformation?
Is time an invariant of Galilean transformation? By saying that I mean if there is a quantity analogous to spacetime interval in Lorentz transformation. What is the geometry of "Galilean spacetime"?
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