An action principle for action-dependent Lagrangians: Toward an action principle to non-conservative systems

DOI10.1063/1.5019936zbMATH Open1390.70042arXiv1803.08308OpenAlexW2793357951WikidataQ130108144 ScholiaQ130108144MaRDI QIDQ4635290FDOQ4635290

João T. S. Amaral, Matheus Jatkoske Lazo, Gastão S. F. Frederico, J. Paiva

Publication date: 16 April 2018

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

Abstract: In this work, we propose an Action Principle for Action-dependent Lagrangian functions by generalizing the Herglotz variational problem to the case with several independent variables. We obtain a necessary condition for the extremum equivalent to the Euler-Lagrange equation and, through some examples, we show that this generalized Action Principle enables us to construct simple and physically meaningful Action-dependent Lagrangian functions for a wide range of non-conservative classical and quantum systems. Furthermore, when the dependence on the Action is removed, the traditional Action Principle for conservative systems is recovered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08308

zbMATH Keywords

Herglotz variational problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)

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