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In the previous chapters we have considered rotations of rigid bodies possessing a high degree of symmetry. We have seen that the rotational motion of such a body around an axis fixed in inertial space and fixed relative to the body is as simple to describe as the motion of a single particle moving along a straight line. The same equations govern the motion in these two cases, when p is substituted for L, and v is substituted for ω, etc.
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Knudsen, J.M., Hjorth, P.G. (1995). The General Motion of a Rigid Body. In: Elements of Newtonian Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97599-8_13
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