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Hamilton’s Principle (Stationary Action)

Subject: Static GK (General Knowledge)

Book: Famous Theorems & Laws

Systems evolve to make the action integral stationary. Underlies Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, bridging to quantum field theory.

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