Computer algebra solution of the inverse problem in the calculus of variations

DOI10.1016/S0010-4655(98)00128-3zbMATH Open0995.49022MaRDI QIDQ1807995FDOQ1807995

Authors: J. E. Aldridge, G. E. Prince 

Publication date: 30 November 1999

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationsHelmholtz conditionsLagrangiansCartan forminverse problem in the calculus of variationsDimsymEDSEXCALC

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control (49-04)

Cites Work

• EDS: A REDUCE package for exterior differential systems
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Cited In (4)

• Thirty years of the inverse problem in the calculus of variations
• A maple® package for the calculus of variations based on jet manifolds
• Algebraic computation in the calculus of variations: determining symmetries and conservation laws
• Computer aided solution of the invariance equation for two-variable Stolarsky means

Uses Software

• EDS
• REDUCE
• DIMSYM
• EXCALC

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