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Journal of Baoji University of Arts and Sciences

Analogy between the optical principle and mechanical principle

Run Wang

Published Jan 1, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

The Hamiltonian principle is established by analogy to the mechanical principle,and the analogy between the optical principle and mechanical principle is discussed.

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