Fictitious Force - Background

Background

See also: Absolute space and time

The role of fictitious forces in Newtonian mechanics is described by Tonnelat:

For Newton, the appearance of acceleration always indicates the existence of absolute motion - absolute motion of matter where real forces are concerned; absolute motion of the reference system, where so-called fictitious forces, such as inertial forces or those of Coriolis, are concerned.

— Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat in The Principles of Electromagnetic Theory and Relativity, p. 113

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