Theoretical equivalence in classical mechanics and its relationship to duality

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.02.002zbMath1371.70045OpenAlexW1837074322MaRDI QIDQ2406917

Nicholas J. Teh, Dimitris Tsementzis

Publication date: 4 October 2017

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11695/1/theoretical-equivalence-classical_%281%29.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

definabilityLegendre transformationtheoretical equivalenceclassical mechanics and symplectic geometrycommon definitional extensionphysical dualities in quantum field theory and string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Physics (00A79)

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