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A note on the foundations of mechanics

@article{AlonsoBlanco2014ANO,
  title={A note on the foundations of mechanics},
  author={Ricardo J. Alonso-Blanco and Jes'us Munoz-D'iaz},
  journal={arXiv: Mathematical Physics},
  year={2014}
}
This short note is intended to review the foundations of mechanics, trying to present them with the greatest mathematical and conceptual clarity. It was attempted to remove most of inessential, even parasitic issues, which can hide the true nature of basic principles. The pursuit of that goal results in an improved understanding of some topics such as constrained systems, the nature of time or the relativistic forces. The Sr\"odinger and Klein-Gordon equations appear as conditions fulfilled by… 
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