Open AccessOn the Problem of Inertia in Classical Mechanics
Author(s) -
Boshan He
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/740/1/012115
Subject(s) - inertia , einstein , absolute time and space , classical mechanics , absolute (philosophy) , acceleration , space (punctuation) , physics , classical physics , object (grammar) , motion (physics) , mathematics , theory of relativity , computer science , philosophy , quantum mechanics , epistemology , artificial intelligence , quantum , operating system
From Newton’s classical mechanics to Einstein’s relativistic mechanics, people have a deeper understanding of the nature. In Newton’s classical mechanical system, there is an absolutely static space, which is called absolute space. In this way, the inertia of the object can be considered to be caused by the acceleration of the object. But in Einstein’s view of time and space, there is no absolute space at all, so the origin of inertia becomes a problem.