Is there a value for the acceleration of light?

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Is there a value for the acceleration of light? I tried to use a = v2-v02/2(x-x0) but then I just knew that light has no initial velocity so it can't be 0.
 

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John Clement Husain said:
Is there a value for the acceleration of light?
0 (coordinate acceleration in an inertial frame)
 
ah, I see
 
Dale said:
0 (coordinate acceleration in an inertial frame)

in vacuum
 

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