RE: Is there a more systematic approach to classical mechanics than Newtons second law?

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Is there a more systematic approach to classical mechanics than Newtons second law?

in stemq •  6 years ago 

I would say that Lagrangian mechanics made my life a lot easier while studying Physics because you could practically turn off your brain even in very hard multi-object systems, as everything is based on scalars and the minuses and pluses come out right by definition. So I would say it is "easier".

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Seems such a long time ago... memory can't push past the haze of quantum mechanics :-)