A compositional framework for classical kinematic systems

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Hauptverfasser: Abeje-Stine, Andrea, Weisbart, David
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author Abeje-Stine, Andrea
Weisbart, David
author_facet Abeje-Stine, Andrea
Weisbart, David
contents Our aim is to introduce a category-theoretic framework sufficiently general to describe a wide variety of open kinematic systems in classical mechanics while uniquely characterizing systems with specified simplest components. The framework models open systems as morphisms in a category $\mathsf{Kin}(\mathcal{F})$, where composition encodes relationships between subsystems and their embedding into larger systems. Unlike previous approaches, the framework supports a precise treatment of geometric constraints, enabling the characterization of systems with feedback. A consequence is a structural formulation of lower kinematic pairs that clarifies system interactions.
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spellingShingle A compositional framework for classical kinematic systems
Abeje-Stine, Andrea
Weisbart, David
Mathematical Physics
18B99, 53A17, 70B15
Our aim is to introduce a category-theoretic framework sufficiently general to describe a wide variety of open kinematic systems in classical mechanics while uniquely characterizing systems with specified simplest components. The framework models open systems as morphisms in a category $\mathsf{Kin}(\mathcal{F})$, where composition encodes relationships between subsystems and their embedding into larger systems. Unlike previous approaches, the framework supports a precise treatment of geometric constraints, enabling the characterization of systems with feedback. A consequence is a structural formulation of lower kinematic pairs that clarifies system interactions.
title A compositional framework for classical kinematic systems
topic Mathematical Physics
18B99, 53A17, 70B15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.20125