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In General > s.a. history
of physics; state.
* Idea: The class of
physical theories in which the system has a well-defined history, with
dynamics described by (differential or functional) equations of motion
on a configuration space C (infinite-dimensional in field
theory); The logical structure is that of a Boolean lattice.
* History: Since the 1970s,
when it was realized that chaos arises even with few degrees of freedom
in non-linear systems, the perspective in the field has changed.
* Subjects of interest: Various
general aspects of non-linear dynamical systems, like chaos and turbulence.
* Important recent applications:
Galaxy formation; Saturn ring structure.
Related Topics
> Approaches: see formulations [including
dynamical systems]; hamiltonian dynamics; lagrangian dynamics.
> Concepts: see Degrees of Freedom;
energy; entropy; force;
inertia; information; statistical
mechanics; time; Trajectory.
> Systems: see
classical systems; field theory.
> Phenomena: see
chaos; Friction.
> Results: see Bertrand's Theorem;
noether theorem; Work-Energy Theorem.
Variations and Generalizations > s.a. hilbert space;
higher-order lagrangians; MOND.
* Standard ones:
Special and general relativistic dynamics; Quantum dynamics.
* And quantum theory:
Quantum corrections, if taken into account, introduce modifications
to classical dynamics.
* Barbour-Bertotti:
Classical, without the ideal elements of inertial frames and external time
(> see parametrized theories).
* Super classical quantum mechanics:
A proposed theory which is equivalent to the Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and
Dirac non-relativistic quantum mechanics, with the addition of Born's probabilistic
interpretation of the wave function built in from the start.
@ Relationship with special and general relativity:
Havas RMP(64);
NCB 102(88)495 [Newton's third law].
@ Relationship with quantum mechanics:
Savickas AJP(02)aug [and general relativity];
Valentini PLA(04)qp/03 [non-quantum systems];
Bojowald et al PRD(12)-a1208 [higher time derivatives in effective dynamics];
Kurihara et al JTAP(14)-a1312 [classical mechanics as an equilibrium state of statistical mechanics];
Dittrich & Reuter 20.
@ Quantum corrections:
Bouda & Djama PLA(01) [second law];
Ward MPLA(02);
Vachaspati PRD(17)-a1704 [coherent state coupled to a quantum bath].
@ Post-Newtonian: Chicone gq/01-conf
[equations of motion are functional differential equations].
@ Nambu mechanics:
Lassig & Joshi LMP(97) [constrained systems];
> s.a. poisson structure.
@ Supermechanics, anticommuting degrees of freedom:
Cariñena & Figueroa JPA(97) [Hamiltonian and Lagrangian];
Bruce et al JGM(17)-a1606 [geometric].
@ Other examples: Salesi IJMPA(02)qp/01 [spinning particles].
@ Stochastic: Guerra PRP(81);
Streater RPMP(93) [and Markov chains];
Zambrini a1212
[path-integral inspired stochastic deformation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approaches];
> s.a. stochastic processes.
@ Other generalizations: Lamb AJP(01)apr [super-classical quantum mechanics];
Kisil JPA(04)qp/02,
Brodlie & Kisil in(03)qp,
Brodlie JMP(04) [p-mechanics];
Khrennikov & Nilsson 04 [p-adic; r BAMS(06)];
Kisil RPMP(05) [p-mechanics and field theory];
Lämmerzahl & Rademaker PRD(12)-a0904 [higher-order equations of motion];
García-Morales CNSNS(16)-a1507 [semipredictable];
Chashchina IJMPD(20)-a1902 [Planck-scale modification];
> s.a. conformal invariance.
References > s.a. BRST transformations;
parametrized systems [including relationalism];
spacetime; topological field theories.
@ Resources: issue AJP(00)apr [reviews].
@ Texts: Hertz re-56 [classic];
Mercier 59;
Bergmann 62 [I];
Pars 65;
Aharoni 72;
Desloge 82;
Raychaudhuri 83;
Griffiths 85;
Fowles 86;
Kibble 86;
Reichert 90;
Matzner & Shepley 91;
Marsden 92;
Barger & Olsson 95;
Marion & Thornton 95;
Hestenes 99;
Teodorescu 07,
08,
09 [comprehensive];
Helliwell & Sahakian 21.
@ Texts, II: Chow 95;
Kibble & Berkshire 04;
Taylor 05;
Morin 08;
Verma 09;
Johnson 10;
Kleppner & Kolenkow 10 [II advanced];
Chaichian et al 12;
Chow 13;
Rajeev 13;
Englert 15;
Iro 15;
Nolte 15 [geometry, non-linear dynamics, complex systems, networks, relativity;
r PT(15)];
Bettini 16;
Nolting 16;
Ilisie 20.
@ Texts, III: Synge & Griffith 59;
Saletan & Cromer 71;
Sudarshan & Mukunda 75;
Abraham & Marsden 78;
Goldstein 80;
Gallavotti 83;
Woodhouse 87;
Arnold 89;
Calkin 96 [Lagrangian and Hamiltonian];
Thirring 97;
Hand & Finch 98;
Corinaldesi 99;
Greiner 02;
Fasano & Marmi 06;
DiBenedetto 10;
Shapiro & de Berredo-Peixoto 13;
Lemos 18;
Leinaas 19.
@ Geometrical emphasis: Marmo et al 85;
Giachetta et al 10;
Holm 11;
Lessig a1206 [primer].
@ (Non-)integrability, chaos: Katok & Hasselblatt 95;
McCauley 97;
Scheck 10.
@ Problems and solutions:
Tonti 77 [method];
Lim 94;
de Lange & Pierrus 10.
@ Other emphasis: Lanczos 49 [variational methods];
Rasband 83,
Abraham & Ratiu 94 [symmetries];
José & Saletan 98;
Johns 05 [relativity and quantum mechanics];
Müller-Kirsten 08 [relativity];
Thorne & Blandford 15 [applications];
Sussman & Wisdom 15 [conceptual-computational];
Hentschke 17
[numerical, theory of elasticity, engineering applications];
> s.a. computational physics.
@ Foundations: Hesse AJP(64)dec [philosophical];
Desloge AJP(89)aug;
Gallavotti in(06)mp/05;
Darrigol SHPMP(07) [necessary nature];
Preston SHPSA(08) [Mach and Hertz];
Sklar 13;
Hartmann a1307-PhD;
Alonso-Blanco & Muñoz-Díaz a1404,
a1411;
Lubashevsky a1603 [from "microlevel reducibility"].
> Online resources:
Internet Encyclopedia of Science pages.
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