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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}
}