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Center-of-mass motion

The center of mass moves as if the total external force acted on the total mass; internal forces cancel in its equation.

Table of contents 163 4
- Center-of-mass reduction Center-of-mass motion 141 3
  - Jacobi coordinates for three particles Center-of-mass reduction 69 1
    - Angular momentum decomposition in three-body Jacobi coordinates Jacobi coordinates for three particles 29
  - Collective rotation and gap coordinates on a circle Center-of-mass reduction 55

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