RT @KristoferBj: Oh the irony! Although the Hamiltonian plays an important role in Hamiltons work, it seems that he himself saw the action…
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Oh the irony! Although the Hamiltonian plays an important role in Hamiltons work, it seems that he himself saw the action (here V) as the central quantity of his method. https://t.co/ZBKsb37sWc
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RT @KristoferBj: Reading Lagrange’s analytical mechanics and realizing that he was using the letter H for what is now called the Hamiltonia…
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Reading Lagrange’s analytical mechanics and realizing that he was using the letter H for what is now called the Hamiltonian as early as 1813. Hamilton was just 8 years at the time! Should it be called the Huygensian?https://t.co/dn4qK873qi