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

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2007.12.001MaRDI QIDQ643461zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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