On a Order Reduction Theorem in the Lagrangian Formalism
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We provide a new proof of a important theorem in the Lagrangian formalism about necessary and sufficient conditions for a second-order variational system of equations to follow from a first-order Lagrangian.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9605076,
title = {On a Order Reduction Theorem in the Lagrangian Formalism},
author = {Dan Radu Grigore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9605076},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
9 pages, LATEX, no figures; appear in Il Nuovo Cimento B