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Newton’s laws hold in all inertial frames. The formalism of classical mechanics is invariant under Galilean transformations and it is impossible to tell by observing the dynamical behaviour of particles and other bodies whether a frame of reference is at rest or in uniform motion. In the world of classical mechanics, therefore:
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Woodhouse, N.M.J. (2003). Maxwell’s Theory. In: Special Relativity. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0083-6_2
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