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Classical and relativistic mechanics can be formulated in terms of symplectic geometry; this formulation leads to a rigorous statement of the principles of statistical mechanics and of thermodynamics.
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Iglesias, P., Souriau, J.M. (1983). Heat, Cold and Geometry. In: Cahen, M., De Wilde, M., Lemaire, L., Vanhecke, L. (eds) Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics. Mathematical Physics Studies, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7022-9_5
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