Afriat, Alexander (2006) The optico-mechanical analogy: an axiomatic approach. [Preprint]
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Abstract
An axiomatization of a ‘two-level Hamiltonian structure’ is proposed, which expresses the optico-mechanical analogy by representing optics and mechanics as different classes of models satisfying the axioms.
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| Keywords: | geometrical optics, analytical mechanics, axiomatics |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Structure of Theories |
| Depositing User: | Alexander Afriat |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:14 |
| Item ID: | 3039 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3039 |
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