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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1284283
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1284283 |
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9 April 2000
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Maupertuis' principle
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Hamilton's principle
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Helmholtz' action
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Feynman path integral formalism
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The author gives a historical and philosophical account of the principle of least action. The article splits into three parts. The first one discusses the historical sources of the principle contrasting the approaches by Leibniz, Newton and Maupertuis. The short second part tries to recast Maupertuis' principle in modern language and compares it to Hamilton's principle. In the final part the author discusses philosophical consequences with special emphasis on Helmholtz' action concept. In addition, a brief discussion of the Feynman path integral formalism in quantum mechanics is given. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0846.00021].
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