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Re: A question (fwd)

In the Newtonian scheme, inertial mass is a measure of a body's kinematical
response to a given force, ie. the force required per unit acceleration. So
inertial mass would also be without meaning in a single particle universe.

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

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. . .
I would point out that "inertial mass" would still be there as it is "self
aware" -- it doesn't need the interaction with any other object to be
meaningful. . . .