Meaningfulness and order-invariance: Two fundamental principles for scientific laws

DOI10.1023/B:FOOP.0000044096.50863.8ezbMath1153.00308OpenAlexW2075243932WikidataQ59486126 ScholiaQ59486126MaRDI QIDQ1768888

Jean-Claude Falmagne

Publication date: 15 March 2005

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/b:foop.0000044096.50863.8e

zbMATH Keywords

invariancemeaningfulnessfunctional equationsBeers lawthe Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Physics (00A79)

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