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Classical mechanics

Newton's laws in polar coordinates

Inertial frames, the third law and momentum, and the second law in polar coordinates: $a_r = \ddot{r} - r\dot{\phi}^2$ and $a_\phi = r\ddot{\phi} + 2\dot{r}\dot{\phi}$.

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