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What is the true cause of inertia, the tendency of some objects to resist any change to their state of motion or rest?

 

What are the current theories on this?

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The principle of least action. Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, "Principe de la moindre quantité d'action pour la mécanique" 1744

 

« L'Action est proportionnelle au produit de la masse par la vitesse et par l'espace. Maintenant, voici ce principe, si sage, si digne de l'Être suprême : lorsqu'il arrive quelque changement dans la Nature, la quantité d'Action employée pour ce changement est toujours la plus petite qu'il soit possible. »

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"The action is proportional to the product of the mass by speed and by space. Now here is the principle, so wise, so worthy of the Supreme Being: when any change happens in Nature, the amount of Action used to this change is always as small as possible."

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