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On the Decomposition of Forces

Classical Physics 2018-07-13 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

We show that any continuously differentiable force is decomposed into the sum of a Rayleigh force and a gyroscopic force. We also extend this result to piecewise continuously differentiable forces. Our result improves the result on the decomposition of forces in a book by David Merkin and further extends it to piecewise continuously differentiable forces.

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@article{arxiv.1807.04634,
  title  = {On the Decomposition of Forces},
  author = {Dong Eui Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.04634},
  year   = {2018}
}
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