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Reduction in the category of general constitutive sets is defined and the generic stable models for reduced constitutive sets are derived. In the context of symmetric smooth constitutive sets, the corresponding infinitesimal stability properties are studied and the examples of classical systems encountered in physics are given.
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Janeczko, S. Local geometry of constitutive sets. Lett Math Phys 13, 45–52 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570767
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