DescriptionClassical mechanics roadmap.svg	English: Roadmap of the parallel development of the Newtonian and variational principles approaches to classical mechanics. The physicists who contributed to it include Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton, and Jacobi. Classical mechanics forms the cornerstone of modern physics. Therefore, the figure also included Maxwell and Einstein.
Date	22 December 2024
Source	Own work
Author	David, but not Hilbert
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This flowchart is inspired by Figure 1.4.1 in Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics by Douglas Cline on LibreTexts Physics. The book is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, but the simple flowchart is below the threshold of originality, and therefore not even copyrightable.

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  Newton
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  Leibniz
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  Euler
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  Lagrange
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  Hamilton
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  Jacobi
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  Maxwell
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  Einstein

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