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What is the symmetry group of Mach's spacetime?
Newtonian spacetime can be modeled as a geometric object $M$ (affine space or manifold with connection with an absolute time function etc. etc.) that is symmetric under the action of the Galilean ...
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What was Newton's idea of absolute space and time?
When one says that Newton believed in the concept of "absolute space" and "absolute time" does it simply mean that the length interval between two points in space and time interval between two events ...
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How can I interpret or mathematically formalize Maxwellian, Leibnizian, and Machian space-times?
I've been reading the book, World Enough and Space-Time, and I came across a rough list of classical space-times with varying structural significance.
Here is the same list, minus Machian Space-time,...
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How can Newton's idea of absolute space be reconciled with Galilean relativity?
I wasn't sure if this might be better suited to History of Science and Mathematics SE, but I suppose it is a bit more 'science-y' than historical.
Apparently Newton believed in absolute space and ...
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What is an inertial frame? [duplicate]
Throughout my life I've been told that an inertial frame is one that is not accelerating and I was satisfied with that. Well up to this day, until I asked: accelerating with respect to what ? Now this ...
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Are laws of physics (mechanics) symmetric under uniform rotation?
I'm just starting to learn about symmetry. I understand that physical laws are symmetric under translation and consequently (is it not a consequence?) under uniform velocity in a straight line.
I see ...
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Is this the reason why acceleration is said absolute?
I've seem sometimes people saying that although uniform motion on a straight line cannot be detected and hence it is not absolute, acceleration is indeed absolute in Classical Mechanics (I don't know ...
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What determines which frames are inertial frames?
I understand that you can (in principle) measure whether "free particles" (no forces) experience accelerations in order to tell whether a frame is inertial. But fundamentally, what determines which ...
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