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For questions about Classical Mechanics - a branch of Physics involving the study of the motion of macroscopic bodies under the influence of Forces
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What is the origin of the term "involution" used in Hamiltonian mechanics
We say that two dynamical variables $f$ and $g$ are in involution if their Poisson bracket vanishes, i.e., $\{f,g\}=0$. Why is it called involution?
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Who was the first to use the term field in physics?
Faraday, after drawing his lines of force in 19th century, is normally credited as the first to use the term field in physics. But...
... was not the term field used in the context of gravitational …
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What was Liouville's contribution to Liouville's theorem?
Liouville's theorem asserts that the volume of phase space is incompressible. This was first shown by Gibbs 1903 but his name is mostly forgotten. The Wikipedia article says
It is referred to as t …
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