On the inverse Lagrangian problem

DOI10.1007/BF01177044zbMath0662.70019OpenAlexW2057621311MaRDI QIDQ1114462

S. E. Jones, B. D. Vujanović

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01177044

zbMATH Keywords

variational principleEuler-Lagrange equationinverse Lagrangian problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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• The range of application of the lagrange formalism — I
• Some Remarks on Hamilton’s Principle