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The remarkable association of global physical variables with space and time elements endowed with inner and outer orientations makes it possible to use the same classification diagram of space and time elements to classify global variables and, consequently, their densities and rates, i.e. the field functions. A diagram thus obtained demonstrates the common mathematical structure that underlies classical and relativistic physical theories of the macrocosm.
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The nature of this equation stems from the hypothesis that the string is perfectly flexible and inextensible; the latter is similar to the condition of stiffness, which is a property of the material.
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Tonti, E. (2013). Birth of Classification Diagrams. In: The Mathematical Structure of Classical and Relativistic Physics. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7422-7_8
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