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Note on the hamiltonian principle in biology and in physics

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A suggestion is made to establish a general variational principle of which the recently discussed principle of maximum energy exchange in biology and the usual Hamiltonian principle in physics would be particular cases.

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    N. Rashevsky

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Rashevsky, N. Note on the hamiltonian principle in biology and in physics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 5, 65–68 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478015

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