The inverse problem of the calculus of variations for ordinary differential equations
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Publication:4013148
DOI10.1090/memo/0473zbMath0760.49021OpenAlexW2049007751MaRDI QIDQ4013148
Ian M. Anderson, Gerard Thompson
Publication date: 27 September 1992
Published in: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/memo/0473
Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45)
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