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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.

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@article{arxiv.0705.0609,
  title  = {The physical meaning of Lagrange multipliers},
  author = {Hasan Karabulut},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0609},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages(12 pts) with no figures