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So far, we have worked with the mechanics of systems of point particles. We recall that a particle is an idealized way of describing the motion of a body whose form and physical extension play no role in the physics of its motion. For, say, a rolling wheel such an idealization is not appropriate. Here we must use another idealized mechanical system, namely, the so-called rigid body.
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Honerkamp, J., Römer, H. (1993). Rigid Bodies. In: Theoretical Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77984-8_4
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