The inverse problem for Lagrangian systems with certain non-conservative forces

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2010.11.002zbMath1330.70074arXiv1004.0674WikidataQ115357038 ScholiaQ115357038MaRDI QIDQ531717

Tom Mestdag, Mike Crampin, Willy Sarlet

Publication date: 19 April 2011

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0674

zbMATH Keywords

gyroscopic forces; Helmholtz conditions; generalized Rayleigh dissipation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70G75: Variational methods for problems in mechanics

70F17: Inverse problems for systems of particles

70H03: Lagrange's equations

Related Items

Generalized Helmholtz conditions for non-conservative Lagrangian systems, On infinite-dimensional Lagrangian systems with nonpotential forces, Second-order dynamical systems of Lagrangian type with dissipation

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