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Classical mechanics

Rotating frames, centrifugal and Coriolis forces

Newton's law in a rotating frame, the centrifugal force $-m\vec{\Omega} \times (\vec{\Omega} \times \vec{r})$ and the Coriolis force $-2m\vec{\Omega} \times \vec{v}$, effective gravity, free fall on Earth and the Foucault pendulum.

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