Axiomatic foundations of the kinematics common to classical physics and special relativity (Q793516)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3856452
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3856452 |
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Axiomatic foundations of the kinematics common to classical physics and special relativity (English)
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1982
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Starting from four primitive notions namely event point, particle, relation of being in the past and relation of being an event point occupied by a particle and certain suitable postulates, the authors present a system of purely kinematic axioms complying with both classical mechanics and special relativity. The main theorem proves that either the classical or the relativistic case holds. The work which makes a number of related interesting points is within the framework of modal logic as described in the first author's book, A general interpreted modal calculus (1972; Zbl 0255.02015).
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axiomatic foundations of mechanics
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event point occupied by particle
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primitive notions
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being in the past
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purely kinematic axioms
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classical mechanics and special relativity
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modal logic
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