By looking at the references, the author may not be aware of the use of Gauss' principle in molecular dynamics, see e.g. Ch. 3.1 in Evans, Morriss: Statistical mechanics of nonequilibrium liquids. (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.296...)
Gauss's Principle of Least Constraint (2017)
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Re: Gauss's Principle of Least Constraint (2017)
#12This reminds me of the rule in particle physics: Anything not forbidden is mandatory. i.e. There are no events (interactions) that could happen, but just don't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarian_principle
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - Arthur Conan Doyle
Re: Gauss's Principle of Least Constraint (2017)
#13This reminds me of the rule in particle physics: Anything not forbidden is mandatory. i.e. There are no events (interactions) that could happen, but just don't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarian_principle
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - Arthur Conan Doyle
That is such a useless quote.
I throw a ball to my friend. The ball doesn't turn in to chocolate and fly away etc.
What happened to the ball? Caught or not?
To take the quote literally, neither. The rarest bird on earth capable of catching the ball swoops down and lifts it away while I win the lottery and so on.