Mechanics is the science of the mechanical movement and interactions of material bodies. The mechanical interactions represent such actions of bodies on each other, which lead to a change in speeds of these bodies, deformations or attractions of these bodies. Classical mechanics is based on three of Newton’s laws which constitute the basis of mechanics.
The following questions arise: What is the cause (source) movement (as a change)? What are the essential features of the movement as the property of the interaction between the material objects?
Kinematics
As is known, kinematics is the part of mechanics, devoted to the study of the geometrical properties of the motion of material bodies without taking into consideration of their masses and forces acting on them. In other words, kinematics studies motion of material bodies without taking into consideration of causes of the motion. The main task of kinematics is the establishment (determination) of methods of representation of the motion of the material points or of bodies and the determination of the relevant kinematic characteristics of the motions (i.e., trajectory, speed, and acceleration of moving points; the angular velocity and the angular acceleration of the rotating bodies, etc.).
- The motion of the material point can be given (represented) by one of three mutually complementary ways: vector, coordinate, and trajectory (natural) ways. The coordinate way (coordinate representation) is that the position of the point relative to the coordinate system (reference frame) is determined by certain three coordinates
,
,
(i.e., by the Cartesian coordinates
,
,
) and the law of motion is given by three equations (i.e., by
,
, ). If one eliminates variable
height="15" src="PAIJ-02-00066_clip_image017.gif" /> from the equations, one can find the trajectory (i.e., line in the coordinate system) of the moving point. The trajectory (natural) way of describing is used if the trajectory of the moving point relative to the coordinate system (reference frame) is known. The position of the given point is determined by the distance between the reference point selected on the trajectory and the given point on the trajectory (the distance is measured along the trajectory). The law of motion is given by the equation expressing dependence of the traveled (traversed) distance on time:
. The basic kinematic characteristics of a moving point are the speed and acceleration of the point.
- Clock
(i.e., a material device created by man) determines time
; time
characterizes clock
; time
is a property of clock
. Time
is the universal informational (i.e., non-physical) variable quantity.6,13,20,38,48,49 Therefore, time is not a property of natural material objects. The dimension of time is “second (s)”. If
and
are the values of the variable quantity
(i.e.,
and
are certain points of time), then the difference
represents the fixed increment of the value of the variable quantity
from the value
to the value
. The difference
is the variable increment of the value of the quantity
from the value
to some other value at that
.
- The Cartesian metric coordinate system
is the metric material system formed by the identical material scales
and
on the plane.50,73,77–81,89,91–94 Scales
and
have the dimension of “meter (m)”. The material point
on the plane
represents a material object
. The set of possible positions (i.e., the geometrical states) of the object
in the system
is called geometric space of the states of the object
. (Description of the positions of the material object
in the system
is called geometrical representation (coordinate representation) of the object
). The material object
and the material system
are the independent parts of the whole. Clock
as a material object can be and move in the system
. The material object
and the material system
are the independent parts of the whole. But time
(as the property of
clock
) does not exist in the system
:
does not represent a geometrical (material) object. Scale of time does not belong to the system
and does not represent an extension of the system
because time has no dimension of “meter (m)”. The quantity which has no dimension of “meter (m)” cannot be graphically represented in the system
.91–94 In other words, the quantity which has no the dimension of “meter (m)” does not exist in the coordinate system
.
- The positions of the material point (i.e., the material object)
on the plane
is determined by the coordinates (i.e., by the material projections, the segments of the scales)
and
which have the dimension of “meter (m)”. (Coordinate is the geometric concept which designates certain segment of the scale. Description of the positions of the material point
in the system
is called geometric representation (coordinate representation) of point
). Material point
exists in the system
if and only if the coordinates of point
exists in the system
. There are no coordinates in general, but there exist only the coordinates of the material point
. The concepts “positions of material point
on plane
” and “coordinates of material point
on plane
” are identical ones. If point
move on plane
, then the coordinates of point
are functions of time:
,
.
- If clock
is in system
and material object
has no effect on the clock mechanism, then property of clock
(i.e., time
) does not depend on the existence of object
. If property of clock
does not depend on clock positions in system
, then time
does not depend on rate of change in positions of the moving clock
in system
. Furthermore, time
does not depend on the length of the path traveled by moving clock
in system
.
- If point
is moved on plane
, then the positions of the point
characterize the trajectory of the point
: the path (i.e., the material line on plane
) is the locus of the positions of point
. The length of the path (i.e., the length of the segment of line) traveled by point
over (for) time
is
. The concepts of “segment” and “length of line segment” are not identical ones: the segment of the line is a material object, and the length of the segment of the line is a denominate (dimensional) number (i.e., property, the quantitative determinacy of the material object). The line segment exists on plane
, but the path length (as length of segment) do not exist on the plane
. In other words, there are only geometrical (i.e., material) objects on plane
: material points, material lines, and material figures on plane
. The path length (i.e., the quantitative determinacy of the line segment) is measured by the use of a device; measurement results are denominate (dimensional) numbers. In other words, the path length exists as a set of denominate (dimensional) numbers. The length
of the line segment has the dimension of “meter (m)”, but the quantity
has no a graphical representation because
is not the material segment of the line on plane
. Therefore, the concepts “length of path of point
” and “coordinates of point
” is non-identical concepts.
- The mathematical (i.e., quantitative) quantity
has the properties of additivity and multiplicativity, but it is not characterized by the property of directivity on the plane
. The property of additivity
is geometrically (i.e., practically) interpreted as follows: two segments of straight line having lengths
and
are coincided with the scale
; origin of the first segment is coincided with the zero point of the scale
; the end of the first segment is connected with the origin of the second segment; the length of the connected segments is
. The property of multiplicatively
is practically interpreted as follows: the first segment of straight line having length
is coincided with the scale
; origin of the first segment is coincided with the zero point of the scale
; the second segment of straight line having length
is coincided with the scale
; origin of the second segment is coincided with the zero point of the scale
; the area of the rectangle constructed on these segments is
; the quantity of the area does not exist in the system
because the quantity of the area has no the dimension of “meter (m)”.
- Measure of material object
represents the unity of qualitative and quantitative determinacy of object
. The measure of the material object
is invariant under transformation of coordinates. The length of path (i.e., property of line segment, measure of line segment) is invariant under transformation of coordinates. In other words, the length of path is independent of choice of coordinate system. The concepts of “direction”, “direction of motion”, and “vector” in system
represent the physical concepts (i.e., qualitative determinacy) and cannot be defined mathematically (i.e., in terms of quantity) in the system
.65–68,70–75 In physical point of view, there exists a direction of motion. But, in geometric and mathematical points of view, there are only line segments and numbers. The length of the line segment (length of trajectory) is not characterized by a direction of motion, and the direction of motion does not determine the length of path. (Explanation is that the mathematical formalism does not contain motion as change in general. Changes are made by man. Vector is an illustration of direction). Thus, the path length is independent of the direction of the motion of point
.
- The quantity
is called increment of the length of the path of point
over (for) time
where
,
is the initial time. The quantity
Is rate of change in the quantity
. In other words, speed of motion of point
is rate of change in quantity
. (Movement is change in general). By definition, the speed of the motion of point
is the average speed over time
. There is no “instantaneous speed” (i.e., speed at point of time
).60 The speed of the motion is the essential feature (property, characteristic) of motion: speed is the rate of the change in number. The rate of the change in the quantity
has no a graphical representation in system
because the quantity of the rate has no the dimension of “meter (m)”. The rate of the change in the quantity
is not defined and is not characterized by any direction because the quantity
is not defined and is not characterized by a direction of the motion of the point
in the system
. Thus, the rate of the change in the path length is independent of a direction of the motion of the point
.
- The variable quantity
takes on the values
,
,
under
,
,
, respectively. If the interval (duration) of time is the variable quantity
, then the quantity
of the speed is a function of the argument
. The conventional concept of speed at point of time (at instant of time)
(or at point of plane
) has no scientific and practical sense because the speed of the motion is determined by two (different) positions of the moving point
on plane
and by two (different) points of time: movement is change in general; but there is no change in position at point of time
(or at point of plane
).
- If the speed of the motion of point
depends on time, then the quantity
is called acceleration of the point
on the path length
where
is certain value of speed, which is experimentally determined. Acceleration characterizes the motion of the point
: acceleration is the essential feature (property, characteristic) of the motion of point
. The quantity of the acceleration of the point
has no graphical representation in the system
because the quantity of the acceleration has no dimension of “meter (m)”. The quantities
and
are connected by the following relationship:
.
- Coordinate systems
and
represent the identical and mutually independent systems (Figure 1) if: (a) the unity of qualitative and quantitative determinacy of the system
is identical with the unity of qualitative and quantitative determinacy of the system
; (b) connection between the systems
and
is only information ones. In other words, the coordinate systems
and
are the identical and mutually independent ones if: (a)
and
are the inertial systems; (b) the scales
,
and
,
are identical ones; (c) the characteristics of the clocks
and
are identical ones; d) there is no physical interaction between
and
. If coordinate systems
and
are identical ones, then the system
is called “resting” system and the system
are called “moving” system (Figure 1). System
is in system
. In the case of one-dimensional motion, system
moves along the scale
. If some material object is in system
, then this material object is also in system
.
- If the identical systems
and
does not contain material objects, then the properties of the clocks
and
are identical ones:
,
. In this case, the points
and
can coincide at
. If
and the points
and
coincide at
, then
can take the value
. But, in this case,
under
. If system
contains material objects but these material objects have no effect on the clock
, then these material objects have no effect on the clock
as well:
,
. If material objects have an effect on the clock
only, then
under
. In this case, the systems
and
are non-identical ones. But this contradicts to the condition of identity of the systems
and
. Thus, the condition of identity of the systems
and
leads to the following requirement:
,
. This requirement represents the requirement of simultaneity of a certain event in the systems
and
.
- It follows from Figure 1 that
(Length of line segment
) = (length of line segment
) + (length of line segment
)
Where
,
and
are functions of time
. In this case, the following relationships are valid:
(Length of line segment
)/
= (length of line segment
)/
+ (length of line segment
)/
,
,
,
,
Where
is the speed of the object
in the system
;
is the speed of the object
in the system
;
is the speed of the relative motion of the systems
and
;
is also the speed of the relative motion of the object
in the systems
and
. These relationships represent the correct formulation of the Galilean principle of relativity, i.e., the principle of relative motion of the classical (macroscopic) objects. These relationships do not impose restrictions on the values of the speeds
,
and
. The Galilean principle of relativity in the coordinate representation has the following form:
;
.
This relationship is called Galilean transformation.
- The motion of the quantum (microscopic) objects differs essentially from the motion of the classical (macroscopic) objects. The principle of relative motion of the quantum (microscopic) object is formulated as follows:3–7,21,34,48,49 the translational motion of a free quantum particle is the absolute motion, i.e., the speed of the motion of a free quantum particle does not depend on the choice of reference system because a free quantum particle cannot be at rest. In the case of light (i.e., a set of photons), this principle is formulated as follows: the speed of the light does not depend on the speed of the motion of the source or receiver of the light.
- If the systems
and
contain the mutually independent physical objects
and
(Figure 1) moving with different speeds, then a description of the motion (kinematics) of the object
in the systems
and
is similar to the description of motion (kinematics) of the object
under the condition that the object
is not a microscopic object (for example, photon). If the object
represents photon (quantum particle, microscopic object), then the mutually independent objects
(microscopic object) and
(macroscopic object) are non-identical ones:
because these objects have different qualitative determinacy. But this fact does not lead to violation of the condition of identity of the systems
and
because a photon has no effects on the scales
,
,
,
and on the mechanisms of the clocks
,
. In other words,
,
also in the case of motion of photon in systems
and
.
- The mathematical formulation of the principle of relative motion of photon in the systems
and
has the following form:
,
;
,
Where
and
are the speeds of the motion of photon in the systems
and
, respectively;
and
are the lengths of the paths traveled by the photon in the systems
and
, respectively. These relationships have the following form in the coordinate representation:
,
,
;
,
.
Consequently, the correct formula of transformation of coordinates of photon in the systems
and
is as follows:
.
The correct formula contains neither
nor
. Thus, the motion of photon (quantum particle) obeys neither the Galilean relativity principle nor the mathematical formulations of the Lorentz relativity principle. This means that the Lorentz transformations represent a logical error.3–5,10,19,20,34,38,48,49
- As is known, the Lorentz transformations are the result of the following mathematical operations:
- Substitution of the Galilean transformation (in standard notations),
,
,
;
;
,
Into the equation of the front of the light wave in the system
(in standard notations),
;
,
Where
is the speed of the light (photons) in the systems
and
;
- Finding of the conditions under which the equation of the front of the light wave in the system
is transformed into the equation of the front of the light wave in the system
,
.
The founded conditions are called Lorentz transformations and read as follows: the equation
Is invariant under the Lorentz transformations. (The concept of “invariance” signifies that the equation describing the wave front has the identical forms in the systems
and
).
- Mathematical, physical meanings and logical sense of the Lorentz transformations become apparent in the following simple case. If
,
are the equations of the motion of the photon in the systems
and
, respectively, then the substitution of the “Galilean transformation”,
,
,
, into the equations of the motion of the photon means that
,
. This substitution leads to the following standard relationships:
,
,
,
.
But, in my view,3–5,10,19,20,34,38,48,49 the Lorentz transformations are not free from the following objections.
Figure 1 Coordinate representation of moving material points
,
and
in the inertial systems
and
. Systems
and
represent “resting” and “moving” systems, respectively;
are coordinates of points.
Objection 1.
In formal-logical point of view, the relationship
,
,
is not the Galilean transformation,
,
, because
, i.e.,
,
,
.
Objection 2.
In mathematical point of view, the relationships (i.e., substitutions)
,
signify intersection of non-identical mathematical objects (i.e., equations) at any point of time. In physical point of view, these relationships signify: (a) coincidence of the mutually independent and non-identical material objects
and
(which are moved at different speeds!) at any point of time; (b) formation of the system
(i.e., formation of bond, formation of connection, formation of the material unity of objects
and
). In other words, the coincidence means that the coincident (bonded, connected) objects
and
are moved at different speeds at any point of time. But this contradicts to actual practice and, therefore, formal logic. In addition, it is contrary to the condition that the material objects
and
is mutually independent ones.
Objection 3.
By the condition, the systems
and
are identical ones:
. But the substitution
,
,
leads to the following relationship:
,
.
This relationship contradicts to the condition of identity of the systems
and
:
. Really, the relationship
signifies connection of the independent material objects
and
. Thus, formal-logical error is that the binding (connecting, conjunction) of the independent material objects
and
leads to the effect (action) on the clock
in the system
and does not lead to the effect (action) on the clock
in the system
.
The above objections lead to the following conclusion: the standard mathematical formulation of the Lorentz principle of relativity (i.e., the Lorentz transformations) is mathematical, physical, and formal-logical errors. The only correct formulation of the principle of relative motion of light in the coordinate representation is as follows:
,
,
,
;
.
Thus, the Lorentz transformations – the essence of the special theory of relativity – represent the gross error.3–5,10,19,20,34,38,48,49 Elimination of this error leads inherently to the abolition of the special theory of relativity.
Dynamics
As is known, dynamics is the part of mechanics devoted to the study of the motion of the bodies under action of the forces applied to them. In other words, dynamics studies the motion of the material bodies, taking into consideration of the cause of the motion (i.e., interaction between the bodies). The quantity of the interaction between the bodies is measured by the use of a dynamometer. (Dynamometer is the device for measurement of force, consisting of the force link (elastic element) and measuring indicator). The basic concepts of dynamics are mass and force.
- Mass is the essential (fundamental) physical property (essential feature) of a material object: mass
is the amount of matter in the material object. The dimension of the mass is “kilogram (kg)”. Mass is an additive physical quantity. The property of additivity of mass
of material object
is expressed by the following relationship:
. Where
and
are the masses of the parts of the object
. Mass is not a multiplicative quantity: mass has no multiplicative property. Therefore, the expression
has no physical meaning and is an inadmissible expression in science.
- Mass of a macroscopic object
does not depend on the positions of the object
in the system
. Therefore, the mass of the macroscopic object
is independent of the rate of change in the positions of the object
in the system
. The principle of independence of mass of macroscopic object
on the speed of the object
is formulated as follows: the mass and speed of the object
are mutually independent physical quantities. There is no logical relation between the concepts of mass and speed of object
: these concepts are incomparable ones. Therefore, the dependence of mass on the speed of the object
in the special theory of relativity (Lorentz transformations) represents a formal-logical error. 3–5,10,19,20,34,38,48,49
- The product of mass and speed of the moving object
represents the essential physical property (essential feature) of the moving material object:
Where the physical quantity
is called momentum of object
. The dimension of the quantity of the momentum is
. This definition of the momentum satisfies the formal-logical law of identity:
(Property of the moving object
) = (property of the moving object
).
In addition, the definition of the momentum satisfies the formal-logical law of lack (absence) of contradiction:
(Property of the moving object
)
(Property of the moving object
)
- The rate of change in the momentum of the moving object
represents the essential physical property (essential feature) of the motion of the material object. The rate of change in the momentum of the moving object
is defined as follows:
,
Where
is a certain value of the momentum, which is determined experimentally? The dimension of the quantity of the rate of change in the momentum is
. The dimension
characterizes the qualitative determinacy of the quantity of rate of change in the momentum. The definition of the rate of change in the momentum of the moving object satisfies the formal-logical law of identity:
(Property of the moving object
)= (property of the moving object
).
In addition, the definition of the rate of change in the momentum satisfies the formal-logical law of lack (absence) of contradiction:
(Property of the moving object
)
(property of the moving object
)
- The interacting material objects represent a system. Force is the cause of changes in the system. Force is an essential physical property (essential feature, characteristics) of the material interaction of the objects. Force is a physical property of the structure (i.e., of the material connection of the elements) of the system. The qualitative determinacy of the structure (i.e., of the material connection) is not identical with the qualitative determinacy of the elements of the system. Therefore, the property of the structure (i.e., the property of the material connection) is not identical with the property of any element of the system. In other words, force (as the property of the material connection between of the interacting objects) does not represent a property of the interacting objects. The quantity of force is measured by the use of a dynamometer and has the dimension of “kilogram-force (kgf)”. The dimension of “kilogram-force (kgf)” characterizes the qualitative determinacy of force (i.e., of the structure of the system). The dimension of “kilogram-force (kgf)” is the universal and independent dimension of force: this dimension does not depend on the type of interaction and cannot be reduced to another dimension.
- If: (a) two material objects
,
and material connection
between objects
,
(i.e.,
connects objects
and
) represent the system
(where the property of the material connection
is determined (measured) by a dynamometer); (b) the objects
,
interact in such a way that the object
is the cause of the motion of the object
at an acceleration
, –then the relationship between the force
(which is measured by the use of a dynamometer) and acceleration
represents the following proportion:
, i.e.,
,
Where
is a certain value of variable quantity
, which is the reading of the dynamometer; the quantity
characterizes the structure of the system and has the dimension of
; the quantity
characterizes the element
of the system and has dimension of
. The dimensions of
and
characterizing the structure and element of the system have different qualitative determinacy and are non-identical ones:
(qualitative determinacy of force)
(qualitative determinacy of rate of change in momentum).
Therefore, the concept of force does not represent the system of concepts of “kilogram”, “meter”, and “square second”. In other words, the concept of force and the concept of “rate of change in momentum” are in conflict with each other.
- The correct relationships between quantity of force and some other physical quantities (such as length, mass, speed of material object) represent the proportions by quantity of force and some other physical quantities:
,
,
.
Thus, force is a property of the material structure of the system of the material elements (material objects). This property of structure does not depend on the properties of the elements of the system (Figure 2).
Figure 2 Illustration of the material structure of the system of the interacting material objects
and
. The force of the interaction is a property of the structure (i.e., the property of the connection of the objects
and
). The arrows depict the directions of the force.
- Force as a property of the material connection of the elements of the system of the interacting objects can be depicted as follows. The force of the interaction between two objects
and
is depicted as straight-line segment with two arrows at the endpoints. The two arrows show (indicate) the directions of the force. The endpoints of the segment represent the two points of application (apposition) of the force of the interaction: one end shows (indicates) the point of application (apposition) of the force to the object
, the other end shows (indicates) the point of application (apposition) of the force to the object
. The segment with only one point of application (apposition) of force and with only one arrow does not represent force in general and the force of the interaction because such segment has no physical meaning: force is always the force of the interaction. In other words, the interaction force is a single force,
,
Which cannot be decomposed into two independent (opposite) components: the action force
and the counteraction force
. The action force does not exist without the counteraction force; the counteraction force does not exist without the action force.
Mathematical expression
Signifies the complete extermination (or absence) of the interaction force, i.e.,
.
Therefore, the standard relationship
Represents an error.
- In the dialectical point of view, the force of the interaction of the material objects
and
represents the unity of opposite aspects: action and counteraction. The unity of opposites does not mean the identity of opposites because opposites have different qualitative determinacy.
- In formal-logical point of view, the concepts of “action” and “counteraction” are dissenting concepts. There are no relation of identity, relation of subordination, and relation of partial coincidence between these concepts. The logical relation between the concepts of “action” and “counteraction” is the relation of disagreement: one concept eliminates another concept; both the concepts cannot be applied to the same objects. (For example, the concept of “action” characterizes the active object
, the concept of “counteraction” characterizes counteracting object
). These concepts are subordinate and contradictory ones: the scopes (volumes) of these two concepts enter into the scope of another – more general – concept of “interaction” as a “unity of opposites”. Therefore, the concepts of “action” and “counteraction” are connected by the formal-logical law of lack (absence) of contradiction:
(action)
(counteraction).
The relationship
Satisfies the formal-logical law of identity:
(interaction force) = (interaction force).
Consequently, the standard assertion that
(action force) = (interaction force)
Represents violation of the formal-logical law of lack (absence) of contradiction. Thus, Newton's doctrine of force is incorrect.
The law of gravitational interaction
If interaction between material objects
and
represents the gravitational interaction, then one must consider the complete system
(Figure 3) within the framework of the system approach (i.e., within the framework of the unity of formal logic and of rational dialectics).
The system analysis consists in the following steps: detection of the elements of the system; detection of the connections between the elements; and finding of relationships between the physical quantities characterizing elements and connections.
- Physical quantities relating to Figure 3 are defined as follows:
Figure 3 The gravitational interaction of the macroscopic objects
and
. Material objects
and
are the gravitational fields of the objects
and
; material object
(shaded region) is the region of the overlap of the gravitational fields
and
.
- The macroscopic material objects
and
represent the elements of the complete system
;
-
is the distance between macroscopic objects
and
;
- The macroscopic material objects
and
are the gravitational fields of the objects
and
, respectively;
-
and
are the radii of the gravitational fields
and
, respectively;
- The relationship
is a necessary condition for the gravitational interaction;
- The macroscopic material object
(i.e., the shaded region) represents the region of the overlap of the gravitational fields
and
;
-
is the structure of the system; (in other words,
is the material element which connects the objects
and
);
-
is a carrier of the gravitational interaction (the force interaction);
- The force of the interaction is a property of the structure
.
- The relationships between the physical quantities characterizing elements and connections in the complete system
can be defined in the following heuristic way:
- The force interaction between the material objects
and
exist if
; the force interaction between the material objects
and
do not exist if
;
- Mass is a property (attribute) of the gravitational field; the gravitational fields
and
are characterized by the masses
and
;
- The masses
and
of the gravitational fields
and
are directly proportional to the masses
and
of the objects
and
, respectively;
- The mass
of the region of overlap of the gravitational fields
and
is directly proportional to the sum
:
;
- The mass
increases under decrease of the distance
:
.
(Remark: Inverse proportional function
is not manifested (i.e., graph does not exist) in the metrical system
because
has no dimension of length (“meter”) if
have the dimension of length (“meter”).89–94 In addition,
is an unbounded function which has no physical meaning);
- The force
of the gravitational interaction is directly proportional to the mass
:
- Within the framework of the system approach, the heuristic assertions lead to the following system of three proportions:
;
;
,
Where:
is a certain value of the force of the gravitational interaction;
is a certain value of the mass of the region
of the gravitational interaction;
and
are certain values of the masses of the objects
and
, respectively;
is a certain value of the distance between the objects
and
;
and
are certain values of the radii of the gravitational fields of the objects
and
respectively.
These values of the physical quantities are determined experimentally. The system of the proportions represents a system of mutually complementary relationships which satisfy the formal-logical and dialectical laws.
- The system of the proportions leads to the following system of three mutually complementary (mutually additional) mathematical formulations of the law of gravitation:
,
,
.
The law of gravity can be expressed in the following equivalent form:
,
,
.
Remark: The system of the proportions is analogous (but not identical) to the following differential form:
Where
,
are the arguments of the function
. The difference between the differential form and the system of the proportions is that the differential and integral calculus is a false theory). 52–55,57,61,89,90‒94
- As is well known, the empirical formulation of Newton’s law of gravitation is as follows:
Where
is the gravitational constant. But Newton’s formulation is not free from the following objections:
- The quantity
has no physical meaning because: the quantity
does not represents a property (feature) of material object; in accordance with practice, mass of an object is a additive (not multiplicative) quantity;
- Quantities
and
are not manifested (i.e., graph does not exist) in the metrical system
89–94 because these quantities have no dimension of length (“meter”); quantity
is an area of the surface of non-existent material object. (What is this material object?). But the area of a surface does not characterize a distance.
Thus, Newton’s law of gravitation is incorrect because it does not satisfy the formal-logical and dialectical laws