The inverse problem of the calculus of variations: The use of geometrical calculus in Douglas’s analysis
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Publication:2782668
DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-02-02994-XzbMath1038.37044MaRDI QIDQ2782668
Geoff Prince, Gerard Thompson, Willy Sarlet
Publication date: 8 April 2002
Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)
70H30: Other variational principles in mechanics
49N45: Inverse problems in optimal control
70H03: Lagrange's equations
37J30: Obstructions to integrability for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (nonintegrability criteria)
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