Action principles for hydro- and thermo-dynamics
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Published:2017-03-23
Issue:09
Volume:32
Page:1741016
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ISSN:0217-751X
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Container-title:International Journal of Modern Physics A
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
Affiliation:
1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547, USA
Abstract
For all its brilliant success stories, theoretical physics is actually in a lamentable state. The best way to highlight the situation and at the same time point out that it is not difficult to do better — using action principles — is to present several examples.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics