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In the previous chapters the motion of one or two particles has been investigated, whose point-like extension is a meaningful ansatz, if one deals, e.g., with the motion of the center of mass or if the extension of the two particles under consideration is small compared to their distance.
In condensed matter the latter approximation is not valid: The extension of the atoms is comparable to the distance between the neighboring atoms.
In this chapter extended particles shall thus be investigated. We have in mind, however, the ideal case of a rigid body, and therefore we exclude elastic matter1 as well as fluids in particular.
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Strauch, D. (2009). Dynamics of a Rigid Body. In: Classical Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73616-5_8
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