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RE: LeoThread 2024-11-17 10:12

in LeoFinance11 months ago

Part 6/6:

While the name "principle of least action" is a bit misleading (it's more accurately the "principle of stationary action"), the underlying idea is remarkably simple and powerful. By minimizing a single scalar quantity - the action - one can describe the behavior of the entire physical world.

The story of the principle of least action is a testament to the power of mathematical thinking to unify and simplify our understanding of nature. What began as a problem about the fastest way to slide down a ramp ultimately revealed a fundamental principle underlying all of physics.