The course starts with the explanation of the three laws of Newton. Motion with respect to inertial reference frames is discussed. Thereafter, motion with respect to non-inertial reference frames is discussed. This motion brings along fictitious forces (also called d’Alembert forces): apparent forces that only act on masses in non-inertial frames of reference. An example of a non-inertial frame of reference is a rotating frame of reference.

During this module, two sample problems are discussed (see exercises below).