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A logicoalgebraic approach to symplectic mechanics is suggested, which exhibits the transition from the physical formulation (in terms of observables and states associated with a Boolean σ-algebra) to the geometrical formulation (in terms of symplectic structures) of classical mechanics.
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Barone, F., Grassini, R. Logicoalgebraic approach to symplectic mechanics. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 41, 559–560 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02739516
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02739516