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neworder1
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Can somebody explain the "causation problem" related to the Abraham-Lorentz force - i.e. why the character of the force ([tex]a = c\frac{da}{dt}[/tex]) implies that an external force applied in the future affects the particle's motion now? I read about it in Griffiths and elsewhere, but I'm not convinced.
By the way, doesn't the form of the force ([tex]a[/tex] proportional to [tex]\frac{da}{dt}[/tex]) violate the Newton's principle, i.e. that acceleration is a function only of position, velocity and time?
By the way, doesn't the form of the force ([tex]a[/tex] proportional to [tex]\frac{da}{dt}[/tex]) violate the Newton's principle, i.e. that acceleration is a function only of position, velocity and time?