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Expressing physics with more rigorous mathematical or computational formalism might be good: For instance, a force is a triple (sending object, receiving object
by ogogmad 3y ago
Expressing physics with more rigorous mathematical or computational formalism might be good: For instance, a force is a triple (sending object, receiving object, force vector). Newton's third law says that whenever there is a force (S,R,F), then there is another force (R,S,-F). Also, this makes clear that Newton's 2nd law is not a definition of force, because it misses out on two of the three components of a force triple (-- by the way, is there a formal term for what I'm calling a force triple?)
- lagrange77 3y agoYes and it could help with a shortcoming of traditional representations of physical phenomena: defining cause and effect.