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In this article one introduces a formalism of classical mechanics where complex Lagrangian functions are admitted. The results include complex versions of the Lagrangian function, of the Euler-Lagrange equation, of the Hamilton principle, a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Sergio Giardino

We consider Feynman's path integral approach to quantum mechanics with a noncommutativity in position and momentum sectors of the phase space. We show that a quantum-mechanical system with this kind of noncommutativity is equivalent to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Branko Dragovich , Zoran Rakic

A Lagrangian description of the qubit based on a generalization of Schwinger's picture of Quantum Mechanics using the notion of groupoids is presented. In this formalism a Feynman-like computation of its probability amplitudes is done. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-26 A. Ibort , M. Jiménez-Vázquez

The generalized Lie symmetries of almost regular Lagrangians are studied, and their impact on the evolution of dynamical systems is determined. It is found that if the action has a generalized Lie symmetry, then the Lagrangian is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Achilles D. Speliotopoulos

Recently, there were works claiming that path integral quantisation of gauge theories necessarily requires relaxation of Lagrangian constraints. As has also been noted in the literature, it is of course wrong since there perfectly exist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-12 Alexey Golovnev , Kirill Russkov

The formulation of a dynamical theory of General Relativity, including matter, is viewed as a problem of coupling Einstein's theory of pure gravity, formulated as an action principle, to an independently chosen and well defined field theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-28 Christian Frønsdal

We consider a classical field theory whose equations of motion follow from the least action principle, but the class of admissible trajectories is restricted by differential equations. The key element of the proposed construction is the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Simon Lyakhovich , Nikita Sinelnikov

Fractional mechanics describes both conservative and non-conservative systems. The fractional variational principles gained importance in studying the fractional mechanics and several versions are proposed. In classical mechanics the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-08-14 Dumitru Baleanu , Sami I. Muslih , Eqab M. Rabei

The connection between the Hamilton and the standard Lagrange formalism is established for a generic Quantum Field Theory with vanishing vacuum expectation values of the fundamental fields. The Effective Actions in both formalisms are the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Selym Villalba-Chavez , Reinhard Alkofer , Kai Schwenzer

Using the relativistic quantum stationary Hamilton-Jacobi equation within the framework of the equivalence postulate, and grounding oneself on both relativistic and quantum Lagrangians, we construct a Lagrangian of a relativistic quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Djama

Effective Lagrangians containing arbitrary interactions of massive vector fields are quantized within the Hamiltonian path integral formalism. It is proven that correct Hamiltonian quantization of these models yields the same result as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-22 Carsten Grosse-Knetter

Relativistic systems of particles interacting pairwise at a distance (interactions not mediated by fields) in flat spacetime are studied. It is assumed that the interactions propagate at the speed of light in vacuum and that all masses are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Domingo J. Louis-Martinez

Newtonian physics is describes macro-objects sufficiently well, however it does not describe microobjects. A model of Extended Mechanics for Quantum Theory is based on an axiomatic generalization of Newtonian classical laws to arbitrary…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-07-11 Timur F. Kamalov

The work is devoted to studying some new classical electrodynamics models of interacting charged point particles and the aspects of the quantization via the Dirac procedure related to them. Based on the vacuum field theory no-geometry…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-07 N. N. Bogolubov , A. K. Prykarpatsky

In the framework of Lagrangian formulation, some q-deformed physical systems are considered. The q-deformed Legendre transformation is obtained for the free motion of a non-relativistic particle on a quantum line. This is subsequently…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 R. P. Malik

We study the covariant expansion of Einstein-Hilbert action in powers of $1/c^2$ with arbitrary spacetime foliation where $c$ is the speed of light. This is done firstly by suitable parametrization of geometry which is called…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-06 Patrik Novosad

The problem of formulating synchronous variational principles in the context of General Relativity is discussed. Based on the analogy with classical relativistic particle dynamics, the existence of variational principles is pointed out in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-16 Claudio Cremaschini , Massimo Tessarotto

The equations of motion for a Lagrangian mainly refer to the acceleration equations, which can be obtained by the Euler--Lagrange equations. In the post-Newtonian Lagrangian form of general relativity, the Lagrangian systems can only…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 Junjie Luo , Jie Feng , Hong-Hao Zhang , Weipeng Lin

In 2021, Lei et al. claimed the equivalence between the two Lagrangians $\mathcal{L}_1 =-mc\sqrt{-g_{\mu\nu}{\dot{x}}^\mu{\dot{x}}^\nu}-V$ and $\mathcal{L}_2 = \frac{1}{2}mg_{\mu\nu} {\dot{x}}^\mu{\dot{x}}^\nu-V$ for describing particle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Liubin Wang , Xin Wu

This paper presents (in its Lagrangian version) a very general "historical" formalism for dynamical systems, including time-dynamics and field theories. It is based on the universal notion of history. Its condensed and universal formulation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 Marc Lachieze-Rey