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The nonrelativistic classical mechanics of particles and forces in Euclidean space with absolute time.
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Newtonian mechanics is a central nonrelativistic classical framework.
A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.
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Galileo’s measured laws of falling and inertial motion formed part of the empirical and mathematical background from which Newtonian mechanics was constructed.
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Newton’s laws supply the standard particle-law formulation of Newtonian mechanics.
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Newtonian gravitation supplies a force law within Newtonian mechanics.
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Newtonian initial-value problems are ordinarily formulated as systems of ordinary differential equations.
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Newtonian particle kinematics and dynamics are recovered from relativistic particle mechanics when characteristic velocities are small compared with and relativistic energy corrections are negligible.
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