Newton's Laws of Motion/Second Law

Physical Law
Newton's second law of motion is one of three physical laws that forms the basis for classical mechanics.

Statement of Law

 * The total force applied on a body is equal to the derivative with respect to time of the linear momentum of the body:


 * $\mathbf F = \map {\dfrac \d {\d t} } {m \bsv}$

As himself put it:
 * The acceleration produced by a particular force acting on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.

Also known as
This law is also often referred to as just Newton's second law.

Also see

 * At velocities near the speed of light, see Einstein's Law of Motion.


 * Newton's First Law of Motion
 * Newton's Third Law of Motion