Absolute space
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In physics, the notion of absolute space underlies the laws of classical physics of Isaac Newton. In his theories, the space is an inert arena on which other physical phenomena take place. The space affects the other phenomena, but the space itself is not affected by those phenomena.
The idea of the absolute space was superseded by the notion of spacetime in special relativity and especially the dynamically curved spacetime in general relativity.
A complication in Newton's absolute space is that it implies that there is at least one inertial system out of an infinate number that is unique.
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