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American Journal of Physics

Dynamical Principle for Classical Mechanics

P. Stehle

Published Dec 1, 1956• 0 citations
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Abstract

The dynamical principle underlying nonrelativistic classical particle mechanics is stated in a way which brings it into exact analogy with the quantum principle. The classical equations of motion for a dynamical variable are then displayed in forms analogous to the Schrödinger, Heisenberg, and interaction forms in quantum theory.
DOI
10.1119/1.1934344

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