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What is the status of the Hilbert 6th problem?

As you know, the Hilbert sixth problem was to axiomatize physics. According to the Wikipedia article, there is some partial succes in this field. For example, Classical mechanics, I believe, can be ...
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Who says understanding physics helps mathematicians? (A reference request) [Take the word "who" literally.]

If I wanted to make a somewhat bold and rather vague claim in print that it is widely acknowledged among mathematicians that knowledge of mechanics (in the sense in which physicists understand that ...