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Reading

Fowles and Cassidy 4.1 - 4.4 and 7.1 - 7.3

Recall

In 3-dimensions:

F = dp/dt = ma

F₁₂ = F₂₁

W = ò F× ds along the path followed from the starting point to the ending point.

F is conservative if curl(F) = Ñ ´ F = 0.

Ó 16 February, 1999 R. Harr