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On the unification of the law of motion

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Following a heuristic modification of the principle of inertia and the principle of equivalence, a higher-dimensional metric theory is constructed on the manifold of the SO(3, 2) De Sitter group which allows us to treat structureless and spinning particles on the same footing. A dimensional analysis of the physical magnitudes is performed.

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  1. Department of Physics, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, Florida

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Halpern, L. On the unification of the law of motion. Found Phys 14, 1011–1026 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01889251

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