Timeline for How does nature know Hamilton's principle? [duplicate]
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| Jun 11, 2022 at 12:00 | comment | added | user228424 | Fine to close this. Looking at the possible duplicate it appears that question also does not fit within the scope of this forum. Afterall "physics doesn't answer why questions" (see above). I'm done here. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:57 | history | duplicates list edited | Qmechanic♦ | duplicates list edited from Why the Principle of Least Action? to Why should an action integral be stationary? On what basis did Hamilton state this principle?, Why the Principle of Least Action? | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:55 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Possible duplicates: physics.stackexchange.com/q/15899/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/9/2451 and links therein. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:55 | history | closed | Qmechanic♦ action Users with the action badge or a synonym can single-handedly close action questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of Why the Principle of Least Action? | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:55 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:19 | comment | added | Lewis Miller | Physics doesn't answer "why" questions. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:19 | answer | added | Mattia | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:18 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:17 | comment | added | user228424 | @LewisMiller Yes, but why/how? In any case, thanks for the helpful comments and pointers. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:16 | comment | added | Lewis Miller | Nature is Hamitnton's principle. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:09 | comment | added | user228424 | @ACuriousMind Well, I suppose that there are people that do ponder why a priori the particle will take the extremal path when at $t_i$ it is confronted with an infinite number of paths. | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 11:01 | comment | added | ACuriousMind♦ | Why does "nature" need to "know" anything, and what do "nature" and "know" in this question even mean? | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 10:54 | answer | added | Miyase | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 11, 2022 at 10:50 | comment | added | Brian | this may help you | |
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| Jun 11, 2022 at 10:34 | history | asked | user228424 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |