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Introduction
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Abstract:
The following sections are included:
Summary and Motivation
Philosophical Approach
Guide for the Reader
Intuitive Discussion of the Conceptual Framework
The Analogy Between Entropy and Action
Adiabatic Invariants and Pseudo-forces
Symmetries and Exact Invariants
Thermodynamic Forces
Wave Action
Action, Entropy and Asymptotics
Steepest Descents, Stationary Phase, and Averaging
The Key Examples in Mechanics, Waves, and Statistics
Mechanical Systems
Mechanical Systems: Separation of Time Scales
Averaging in Statistical Systems
Averaging and Local Fourier Transforms
Symplectic Asymptotics in Thermodynamics and Mechanics
A Hundred Further Questions, Conjectures, and Suggestions
