The Principle of Least Action
Something Strange Happens When You Take This To Its Logical Conclusion
Veritasium, 29 October 2024
- 00:00
- One rule that replaces all of physics
- 00:51
- The problem of fastest descent
- 05:09
- Fermat's principle
- 07:17
- Bernoulli's solution
- 10:38
- Maupertuis' principle
- 12:28
- Maupertuis attacked and ridiculed
- 14:01
- Euler & Lagrange to the rescue
- 17:22
- The general approach to solving these problems
- 19:32
- Writing the principle into its modern form
- 23:17
- Why the principle works
- 27:08
- Another way to do mechanics
- 30:19
- A “spooky” breakthrough
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