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Indeterminism and classical mechanics
Abstract
We challenge the traditional deterministic view of the classical mechanical universe by combining dynamical chaos with the distinction between physical phenomena and their mathematical models, and quantify the resulting indeterminism in several quasi-realistic examples.
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BibTeX
@misc{givental2026indeterminism,
title = {{Indeterminism and classical mechanics}},
author = {Alexander Givental},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.00206},
eprint = {2610.00206},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00206},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Indeterminism and classical mechanics
AU - Alexander Givental
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.00206
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00206
AB - We challenge the traditional deterministic view of the classical mechanical universe by combining dynamical chaos with the distinction between physical phenomena and their mathematical models, and quantify the resulting indeterminism in several quasi-realistic examples.
ER -