Symmetries and the explanation of conservation laws in the light of the inverse problem in Lagrangian mechanics

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.12.001zbMath1223.00020MaRDI QIDQ643461

Sheldon R. Smith

Publication date: 31 October 2011

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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.12.001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

00A30: Philosophy of mathematics

70H03: Lagrange's equations

00A79: Physics

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