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Minor edits to first half of mass chapter.
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Particles are points that have a location in Euclidean space which have a
volumetrically infinitesimal mass. Rigid bodies are reference frames that have
orientation which have an associated continuous distribution of mass. The
distribution of mass can be thought of as a infinite collection of points
distribution of mass can be thought of as an infinite collection of points
distributed in a finite volumetric boundary. All of the points distributed in
the volume are fixed to one another and translate together.

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\bar{r}^{S_o/O} = \frac{ \sum_{i=1}^\nu m_i \bar{r}^{P_i/O} }{\sum_{i=1}^\nu m_i}\textrm{.}
which is the first moment divided by the zeroth moment. For a solid body, this
takes the integral form:
For a solid body, this takes the integral form:

.. math::
:label: mass-center-rigid-body
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\bar{I}_a := \sum_{i=1}^\nu m_i \bar{r}^{P_i/O} \times \left( \hat{n}_a \times
\bar{r}^{P_i/O} \right)
.. todo:: Add the rigid body form of the inertia vector.
Similarly, for an infinite number of points at locations :math:`(x, y, z)`
within a volume :math:`V` that make up a rigid body with density :math:`\rho(x,
y, z)` the integral form is used ([Kane1985]_, pg. 62):

.. math::
:label: inertia-vector-body
\bar{I}_a := \int_{\textrm{solid}} \rho(x, y, z) \left[ \bar{r}^{P(x, y, z)/O}
\times \left( \hat{n}_a \times
\bar{r}^{P(x, y, z)/O} \right) \right] dV
This vector describes the sum of each mass's contribution to the mass
distribution about a line that is parallel to :math:`\hat{n}_a` and passes
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:math:numref:`eq-product-of-inertia-equivalence` holds for the products of
inertia, i.e. :math:`I_{xy}=I_{yx}`, :math:`I_{xz}=I_{zx}`, and
:math:`I_{yz}=I_{zy}`, and the subscript :math:`A` indicates that these scalars
are relative to unit vectors :math:`\hat{a}_x,\hat{a}_y,\hat{a}_z`.
are relative to mutually perpendicular unit vectors
:math:`\hat{a}_x,\hat{a}_y,\hat{a}_z` fixed in :math:`A`.

This matrix (or second order tensor) is similar to the vectors (or first order
tensors) we've already worked with:
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