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Enegy conservation in non-inertial frames of reference?

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Dears,

I ask about Enegy conservation in non-inertial frames of reference, my knowledge is that it is not conserved in such frames, is this correct? and if it is correct, is their any contraints on the frame that make it conservative in termes of energy?

 

Just a question that I thought in it a lot.

 

Thanks

 

Ahmed

Energy is only conserved within an inertial frame. It's not an invariant, so it will change as you go to a different frame, or in an accelerating frame.

 

If you are accelerating linearly but consider yourself at rest, then the rest of the universe looks like it is accelerating. Its energy is not going to stay the same.

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