Everyday physics of extended bodies or why functionals need analyzing

Functionals were discovered and used by Volterra over a century ago in his study of the motions of viscous elastic materials and electromagnetic fields. The need to precisely account for the qualitative effects of the cohesion and shape of the domains of these functionals was the major impetus to th...

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Main Author: F. William Lawvere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University 2017-01-01
Series:Categories and General Algebraic Structures with Applications
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Online Access:http://www.cgasa.ir/article_40434.html