Classical mechanics and infinitesimal reducibility

2021/01/06 by Gabriele Carcassi, C. Aidala, Carcassi, Gabriele +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2101.02107

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Abstract

We briefly show how classical mechanics can be rederived and better understood as a consequence of three assumptions: infinitesimal reducibility, deterministic and reversible evolution, and kinematic equivalence.

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