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I just want to make sure I understand this correctly. Please critique:
Under Galilean relativity, Newton's Law of Inertia retains the same form under any inertial frame of reference. There are relative velocities between inertial frames but its possible to determine absolute velocities under Newtonian mechanics because of Newton's contention of absolute space. Thus through an absolute frame (which he labeled to be the 'fixed stars') one can determine whether a body is moving or at rest relative to another body.
Law of Inertia in its most simplest form does not explain fictious forces/inertial forces/non-inertial frames.
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Under Galilean relativity, Newton's Law of Inertia retains the same form under any inertial frame of reference. There are relative velocities between inertial frames but its possible to determine absolute velocities under Newtonian mechanics because of Newton's contention of absolute space. Thus through an absolute frame (which he labeled to be the 'fixed stars') one can determine whether a body is moving or at rest relative to another body.
Law of Inertia in its most simplest form does not explain fictious forces/inertial forces/non-inertial frames.
Thanks