Can Two Different Physical Theories Yield the Same Predictions?

Robin04 · Apr 30, 2018

Is it possible that two physical theories are equivalent in the sense that their predictions are exactly the same but the mathematics they use is different?

Vanadium 50 · Apr 30, 2018

Like Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics?

Robin04 · Apr 30, 2018

Vanadium 50 said:

Like Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics?

Yes, exactly, thank you! Are there any modern examples? Are physicist trying to reconstruct some theories in this way?

Can Two Different Physical Theories Yield the Same Predictions?

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