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Newton’s Law of Motion is studied in introductory courses in calculus, physics, and dynamics. Being familiar, fundamental, and simple, Newton’s Law is an ideal vehicle for introducing many of the key ideas in tensor calculus.
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Simmonds, J.G. (1994). Newton’s Law and Tensor Calculus. In: A Brief on Tensor Analysis. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8522-4_3
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