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In this chapter we investigate the motion of the center of mass for a system of particles, acted upon by external forces. As an important special case we shall consider the motion of the center of mass of the system of particles when no external forces act on the system.
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Knudsen, J.M., Hjorth, P.G. (2000). The Center-of-Mass Theorem. In: Elements of Newtonian Mechanics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57234-0_9
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