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arXiv:2101.02107

Classical mechanics and infinitesimal reducibility

Gabriele Carcassi, C. Aidala

Published Jan 6, 2021• 0 citations
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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.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2101.02107

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