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On Newton's Laws and the Space-time structure of Classical Mechanics

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the structure of the laws of motion of classical mechanics derived from general hypotheses of space-time symmetries and the understanding of this theory as an effective description for macroscopic phenomena. Using dimensional analysis arguments inspired in effective field theory techniques, we sustain in favor of naturalness of the Newton's laws of classical mechanics.

Keywords:
Symmetries; Newton's Laws; Effective theories; Emergent symmetries

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