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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Fresno_City_College/NATSCI-1A%3A_Natural_Science_for_Educators_Fresno_City_College_(CID%3A_PHYS_140)/17%3A_Phases_and_Classification_of_Matter/17.08%3A_End_of_Chapter_Key_TermsSolid: A state of matter characterized by a definite shape and volume, with particles closely packed in a fixed arrangement. Boiling Point: The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas throughou...Solid: A state of matter characterized by a definite shape and volume, with particles closely packed in a fixed arrangement. Boiling Point: The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas throughout the liquid, occurring at a specific temperature and pressure. Alloy: A mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element, designed to have specific properties.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Coalinga_College/Physical_Science_for_Educators_(CID%3A_PHYS_14)/04%3A_Phases_and_Classification_of_Matter/4.13%3A_End_of_Chapter_Key_TermsSolid: A state of matter characterized by a definite shape and volume, with particles closely packed in a fixed arrangement. Boiling Point: The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas throughou...Solid: A state of matter characterized by a definite shape and volume, with particles closely packed in a fixed arrangement. Boiling Point: The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas throughout the liquid, occurring at a specific temperature and pressure. Alloy: A mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element, designed to have specific properties.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Classical_Mechanics/Variational_Principles_in_Classical_Mechanics_(Cline)/09%3A_Hamilton's_Action_Principle/9.02%3A_Hamilton's_Principle_of_Stationary_ActionHamilton’s crowning achievement was deriving both Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics, directly in terms of a general form of his principle of least action S.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Classical_Mechanics/Graduate_Classical_Mechanics_(Fowler)/09%3A_Maupertuis_Principle_-_Minimum_Action_Path_at_Fixed_Energy/9.03%3A_The_Abbreviated_ActionS0=∫∑ipidqi=∫∑iaikdqidqk/dt \[ S_{0}=\int \sum_{i} p_{i} d q_{i}=\int \sum_{i} a_{i k} d q_{i} d q_{k} / d t=\int \sqrt{\left[2(E-V) \sum a_{i k...S0=∫∑ipidqi=∫∑iaikdqidqk/dt S0=∫∑ipidqi=∫∑iaikdqidqk/dt=∫√[2(E−V)∑aikdqidqk] The matrix aik sometimes called the mass matrix, is evidently a metric, a measure in the configuration space, by which the “length” of the paths, and particularly the minimum action path, are measured.
