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Phillips (1942), The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics (thesis), Bibcode:1942PhDT.........5F. "Principle of Least Action – damtp" (PDF). Archived...

other fields, the principle of least privilege (PoLP), also known as the principle of minimal privilege (PoMP) or the principle of least authority (PoLA)...

the principle of stationary action, an approach to classical mechanics that is simpler for multiple objects. Action and the variational principle are...

Fermat's principle, also known as the principle of least time, is the link between ray optics and wave optics. Fermat's principle states that the path...

choose the path of least resistance or "effort." It is closely related to many other similar principles (see principle of least action or other articles...

arises in the application of the principle of least action to the study of forces and movement of a mechanical system. The work of a force acting on a particle...

the shape of the Earth. He is often credited with having invented the principle of least action; a version is known as Maupertuis's principle – an integral...

can be derived from the widely applicable result called the principle of least action. One result is Noether's theorem, a statement which connects conservation...

interpretation of path and length). It is a special case of the more generally stated principle of least action. Using the calculus of variations, it...

Hellmann–Feynman theorem Gauss's principle of least constraint and Hertz's principle of least curvature Hilbert's action principle in general relativity, leading...

form of a principle of least action. Maupertuis argued metaphysically, he felt that "Nature is thrifty in all its actions", and applied the principle broadly:...

the principle of maximum entropy or the principle of least action, it is true on mathematical grounds. To attempt to falsify the free energy principle is...

cyclic integral of action. In the second part of his 1924 thesis, de Broglie used the equivalence of the mechanical principle of least action with Fermat's...

law Principle of original horizontality Law of superposition Principle of lateral continuity Principle of cross-cutting relationships Principle of faunal...

The principle of least constraint is one variational formulation of classical mechanics enunciated by Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1829, equivalent to all...

be defined as the curve that results from the application of the principle of least action. A differential equation describing their shape may be derived...

mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the stationary-action principle (also known as the principle of least action). It was introduced...

theorem Principle of least action Variational principle Gradient descent Natural lines of drift Desire path Cognitive miser (Psychological tendency of people...

(named after Pierre Louis Maupertuis) Maupertuis' principle, a formulation of the principle of least action Maupertuis, Manche, a commune in Manche, France...

effective action is a modified expression for the classical action taking into account quantum corrections while ensuring that the principle of least action applies...