A new look at second-order equations and Lagrangian mechanics

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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/17/10/012zbMath0542.58011OpenAlexW2010232989MaRDI QIDQ3330168

Mike Crampin, Willy Sarlet, Frans Cantrijn

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/17/10/012




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