• The Koopmanvon Neumann (KvN) theory is a description of classical mechanics as an operatorial theory similar to quantum mechanics, based on a Hilbert...
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  • Birkhoff–von Neumann theorem Birkhoff–von Neumann decomposition Dirac–von Neumann axioms Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics Schatten–von Neumann norm...
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  • 1931/1932, Koopman and John von Neumann proposed a Hilbert space formulation of classical mechanics, known as the Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics. During...
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  • Bernard Koopman (1900–1981), French-born American mathematician known for a.o.: Koopman operator, Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics, Pitman-Koopman theorem...
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    {q}}^{i}} used in Lagrangian mechanics with (generalized) momenta. Both theories provide interpretations of classical mechanics and describe the same physical...
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    John von Neumann (/vɒn ˈnɔɪmən/ von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian...
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  • Ehrenfest theorem (category Theorems in quantum mechanics)
    computational method leads to the Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics, which is the Hilbert space formulation of classical mechanics. Therefore, this derivation...
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    Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of objects such as projectiles, parts of machinery, spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies...
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  • "Topics in Koopman-von Neumann Theory". arXiv:quant-ph/0301172. Bracken, A. J. (2003). "Quantum mechanics as an approximation to classical mechanics in Hilbert...
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  • This is a list of notable textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics arranged according to level and surnames of the authors in alphabetical...
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    that classical mechanics can be described in terms of Hilbert space (Koopmanvon Neumann classical mechanics) and that certain properties of classical dynamical...
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  • In physics, mechanics is the study of objects, their interaction, and motion; classical mechanics is mechanics limited to non-relativistic and non-quantum...
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  • analytical mechanics, or theoretical mechanics is a collection of closely related formulations of classical mechanics. Analytical mechanics uses scalar...
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  • can be split into classical mechanics; the study of the mechanics of macroscopic solids, and fluid mechanics; the study of the mechanics of macroscopic fluids...
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  • physics (classical mechanics) to astronomical objects, such as stars and planets, to produce ephemeris data. Modern analytic celestial mechanics started...
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    paradigm, which includes classical mechanics and relativity. Likewise, classical field theories, such as general relativity and classical electromagnetism, are...
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  • writings of Aristotle and Archimedes (see History of classical mechanics and Timeline of classical mechanics). During the early modern period, scientists such...
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    In classical mechanics, Routh's procedure or Routhian mechanics is a hybrid formulation of Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics developed by...
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  • insights, especially around the concept of energy, built the field of classical mechanics on his foundations. Limitations to Newton's laws have also been discovered;...
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    Force (category Classical mechanics)
    often represented by the symbol F. Force plays a central role in classical mechanics, figuring in all three of Newton's laws of motion, which specify...
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    In classical mechanics, impulse (symbolized by J or Imp) is the change in momentum of an object. If the initial momentum of an object is p1, and a subsequent...
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    In physics, Lagrangian mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the stationary-action principle (also known as the principle of least...
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    analogy to the operatorial formulation of classical mechanics introduced in 1932 by Bernard Koopman and John von Neumann: the time evolution of the Wigner function...
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  • The following is a timeline of classical mechanics: 4th century BC - Aristotle invents the system of Aristotelian physics, which is later largely disproved...
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  • Canonical coordinates (category Hamiltonian mechanics)
    Hamiltonian formulation of classical mechanics. A closely related concept also appears in quantum mechanics; see the Stone–von Neumann theorem and canonical...
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  • Hamilton–Jacobi equation (category Hamiltonian mechanics)
    formulation of classical mechanics, equivalent to other formulations such as Newton's laws of motion, Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics. The Hamilton–Jacobi...
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  • Liouville's theorem (Hamiltonian) (category Hamiltonian mechanics)
    mathematician Joseph Liouville, is a key theorem in classical statistical and Hamiltonian mechanics. It asserts that the phase-space distribution function...
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    pendulum period with amplitude (useful in introductory physics labs, classical mechanics, electromagnetism, acoustics, electronics, superconductivity, etc...
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    (2005). Classical Mechanics. University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-891389-22-1. Dadourian, H. M. (1913). Analytical Mechanics for Students...
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  • In mechanics, a couple is a system of forces with a resultant (a.k.a. net or sum) moment of force but no resultant force. A more descriptive term is force...
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