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The concept of force and the formalization of non-quantum-mechanical theories

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The paper deals with the role of the concept of force in different classical mechanical and field theories, pointing out the existence in all cases of a Lorentz-type expression for force. In the case of the classical theory of the gravitational field we obtain the same Lorentz-type expression.

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  1. Institute of Atomic Physics, Bucharest, Romania

    Nicholas Ionescu-Pallas

  2. University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania

    Liviu Sofonea

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Ionescu-Pallas, N., Sofonea, L. The concept of force and the formalization of non-quantum-mechanical theories. Found Phys 6, 589–597 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715111

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