in a non-inertial frame than in an inertial one.

Gravity as a fictitious force

The notion of "fictitious force" also arises in Einstein's general theory of relativity. All fictitious forces are proportional to the mass of the object upon which they act, which is also true for gravity. This led Albert Einstein to wonder whether gravity could be modeled as a fictitious force. He noted that a freefalling

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