Re: Is F=ma a definition or not?

From: Mike (eleatis_at_yahoo.gr)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: 13 Jan 2005 08:46:30 -0800

mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
[snip]
>
> F = ma is an equation, not an identity. A big difference.

[snip]

That would be true if and only if F, m, and "a" could be meaured
independently of one another.

Actually, it is an identity in physics. It is an equation in math. It a
good idea to know the difference. A big difference.

Mike

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> meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the
same"

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