The Helmholtz conditions revisited. A new approach to the inverse problem of Lagrangian dynamics

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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/15/5/013zbMath0537.70018OpenAlexW2082861765MaRDI QIDQ3323339

Willy Sarlet

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/15/5/013




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