Lagrangian mechanics without ordinary differential equations
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-11 v1 Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
math.MP
Abstract
A variational proof is provided of the existence and uniqueness of evolutions of regular Lagrangian systems.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0510085,
title = {Lagrangian mechanics without ordinary differential equations},
author = {G. W. Patrick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0510085},
year = {2009}
}