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Non inertial dynamics and holonomy on the ellipsoid

José Antonio Vallejo

math-pharXiv:math-ph/0603052

Abstract

Traditionally, the discussion about the geometrical interpretation of inertial forces is reserved for General Relativity handbooks. In these notes an analysis of the effect of such forces in a classical (newtonian) context is made, as well as a study of the relation between the precession of the Foucault pendulum and the holonomy on a surface, including some critical remarks about the common statement precession of Foucault pendulum equals holonomy on the sphere.

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