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Karol
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Homework Statement
There is a fixed coordinate system and a rotating one. the origins don't coincide.
The situation is like a stone falling from a tower on earth, where the rotating system has it's origin at the base of the tower.
Are the coriolis and centrifugal forces dependent on the choice of the coordinate system?
According to the equation-yes, because r is measured in the rotating system (is it?), but my intuition says the forces are constant.
If i choose a closer coordinate system to the moving object then the imaginary forces, the coriolis and centrifugal, are smaller, no?
Homework Equations
The "F" notation is for the fixed coordinate system and "R" for the rotating one.
[tex]\vec{a}_R=\vec{a}_F-2\vec{\omega}\times\vec{V}_R-\vec{\omega}\times\left( \vec{\omega}\times \vec{r} \right)[/tex]