Note that this is a vector equation, i . e . it has three scalar equations.
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The original vector equation could be recovered by recognizing that the work expression must hold for arbitrary displacements.
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According to Villamil energetics can be mathematically characterised by scalar equations, and rigid dynamics by vector equations.
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Since these are vector equations, they still have the same form for in " any " direction.
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However you're neglecting to consider that that is a vector equation, and it also tells you the direction of the force.
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To justify this claim, we transform our order scalar equation into an order one vector equation by the usual reduction to a first order system.
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It is a vector equation, so it is to be split in 3 equations for each of the X, Y, Z components, yielding:
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Oliver Heaviside, later reformulated Maxwell's original equations into the set of four vector equations that are generally known today as Maxwell's equations.
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Newton's law of universal gravitation can be written as a vector equation to account for the direction of the gravitational force as well as its magnitude.
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In three spatial dimensions, this is a system of three coupled second order ordinary differential equations to solve, since there are three components in this vector equation.