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Hi! I was reading the Wikipedia article on Newton's laws of motion. I read there that when mass is a variable function of time as well as velocity, one cannot use the product rule of derivatives to expand d/dt(mv)
It said that d/dt(mv)=mdv/dt+vdm/dt is WRONG
I don't know why that is wrong. The article said that this formula does not respect Galilean invariance: a variable-mass object with F = 0 in one frame will be seen to have F ≠ 0 in another frame.
Can anyone briefly explain the above line in simple language? I'm again saying: simple language, please.
It said that d/dt(mv)=mdv/dt+vdm/dt is WRONG
I don't know why that is wrong. The article said that this formula does not respect Galilean invariance: a variable-mass object with F = 0 in one frame will be seen to have F ≠ 0 in another frame.
Can anyone briefly explain the above line in simple language? I'm again saying: simple language, please.