The physical meaning of Lagrange multipliers
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v1 General Physics
Abstract
A rule to assign a physical meaning to Lagrange multipliers is discussed. Examples from mechanics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics are given.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0705.0609,
title = {The physical meaning of Lagrange multipliers},
author = {Hasan Karabulut},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0609},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
15 pages(12 pts) with no figures