The optico-mechanical analogy: an axiomatic approach
Afriat, Alexander (2006) The optico-mechanical analogy: an axiomatic approach.
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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.
| Keywords: | geometrical optics, analytical mechanics, axiomatics |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Physics: Classical Physics General Issues: Structure of Theories |
| ID Code: | 3039 |
| Deposited By: | Afriat, Alexander |
| Deposited On: | 11 November 2006 |
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