Why does centrifugal force and inertia depend on Machs principle?

Subject: Why does centrifugal force and inertia depend on Machs principle?

Date: Mon Jul 3 04:13:15 2000
Posted by Bob Weant
Grade level: grad (science) School: out
City: Rock Hill State/Province: SC Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 962611995.Ph

Message:


Inertia, Mach argued, applies ONLY as a function of the interaction 
between one body and other bodies in the universe, Is this to say that a 
point on a rotating disc would not experience centrifugal force if there 
were no other objects in the universe? No inertial force if no far away 
stars?

Re: Why does centrifugal force and inertia depend on Machs principle?

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