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Re: Newton's 3rd law? was Re: inertial forces (definition)



It is important to teach that field theory implements the 3rd law by
asserting, eg., that the interaction of two accelerating electrons is not
a two body problem, and that if the fields are included in the analysis,
momentum is conserved - the real import of the 3rd law in such situations.

Bob

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

Regarding Cliff Parker's question:
I am surprised by this statement. Would you please expand on this idea?