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Weak and strong laws of action and reaction

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What is the difference between weak and strong laws of action and reaction?
Can you give any examples?

Yes, though it's been years since I last heard those terms used.

 

 

Newton's third law is also known as the weak law of action and reaction. It states that for every action force, there is a corresponding reaction force which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/WeakLawofActionandReaction.html

 

 

For every action force, there is a corresponding reaction force which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Furthermore, the forces are central forces, i.e., they act along the line joining the particles

 

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/StrongLawofActionandReaction.html.

 

Weak law is linear momentum

 

Strong law is angular momentum.

 

the difference is shown here.

 

 

https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/Advanced_Classical_Mechanics/Many-Particle_Systems

 

The strong law involves the central force.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_force

 

Here is a decent coverage on both.

 

http://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:PHYS350/Many-Particle_Systems

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