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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2012.11.009

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Historical Contributions and Inspirations of Classical Mechanics

  • MEI Fengxiang;WU Huibin
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  • Department of Mechanics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Received date: 2012-02-28

  Revised date: 2012-04-01

  Online published: 2012-04-18

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Abstract

The development of classical mechanics could be divided into five stages, i.e. Newton mechanics, Lagrange mechanics, Hamilton mechanics, nonholonomic mechanics, and Birkhoff mechanics. The historical contributions of each stage are summarized, then from which the problems are found and inspirations are obtained.

Key words： classical mechanics; contribution; inspiration

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MEI Fengxiang;WU Huibin . Historical Contributions and Inspirations of Classical Mechanics[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2012 , 30(11) : 61 -68 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2012.11.009

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