Understanding rigid body motion in arbitrary dimensions

Why would anyone wish to generalize the already unappetizing subject of rigid body motion to an arbitrary number of dimensions? At first sight, the subject seems to be both repellent and superfluous. The author will try to argue that an approach involving no specific three-dimensional constructs is...

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Published inEuropean journal of physics Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 35021 - 17
Main Author Leyvraz, Francois
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.05.2015
Subjects
Angular velocity
classical mechanics
Construction specifications
Equations of motion
Lagrangian formalism
Mathematical analysis
Moments of inertia
rigid body
Rigid-body dynamics
Symmetry
Tensors
Three dimensional
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ISSN0143-0807
1361-6404
DOI10.1088/0143-0807/36/3/035021

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