Not so Classical Mechanics - Unexpected Symmetries of Classical Motion
Classical Physics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
A survey of topics of recent interest in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems, including accessible discussions of regularization of the central force problem; inequivalent Lagrangians and Hamiltonians; constants of central force motion; a general discussion of higher-order Lagrangians and Hamiltonians with examples from Bohmian quantum mechanics, the Korteweg-de Vries equation and the logistic equation; gauge theories of Newtonian mechanics; classical spin, Grassmann numbers, and pseudomechanics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0511054,
title = {Not so Classical Mechanics - Unexpected Symmetries of Classical Motion},
author = {James T. Wheeler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0511054},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Einstein Centennial Review Article, 48 pages