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Section 2:

Click on this link to find notes for Chapter 5, Section 2 of NFCM. Notes for Chapter 5, Section 2 of NFCM.

Click on this link to find selected problems for Chapter 5, Section 2 of NFCM. Selected problems of Chapter 5, Section 2 of NFCM.

As a word of warning: I really tried hard to get the correct answers on those problems that didn't have their answers presented in the text, so I can't promise that they're correct.

References

D. Hestenes, New Foundations for Classical Mechanics, 2nd Ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.



NFCM Notes, Problems, and Solutions