Lagrangian mechanics without ordinary differential equations

DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(06)80030-3zbMath1180.70021arXivmath-ph/0510085OpenAlexW3104530894MaRDI QIDQ2480643

George W. Patrick

Publication date: 3 April 2008

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0510085

zbMATH Keywords

existenceuniquenessMorse lemmainfinite-dimensional implicit function theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods for problems in mechanics (70G75) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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