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3. Newton's laws

1. Force

2. First law

Inertial reference frame.

Equilibrium.

3. Second law

Momentum form.

4. Third law

5. Law of gravitation

$$ \mathbf{F}_{12} = \frac{Gm_1m_2}{r^2} \hat{r}_{12} $$

$$ \mathbf{g} = \frac{GM}{r^2} \hat{r} $$

Einstein

6. Inertial and gravitational mass

Inertial mass

$$ m_i = \frac{F}{a}. $$

Gravitational mass

$$ m_g = \frac{F_g}{g}. $$

7. Application of Newton's laws

Using free-body diagrams without friction.

Friction