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Seeking (and finding) Lagrangians
M. C. Nucci Università degli Studi di Perugia
Abstract:
It is well known that for any second-order ordinary differential equation (ODE), a Lagrangian always exists, and the key to its construction is the Jacobi last multiplier. Is it possible to find Lagrangians for first-order systems of ODEs or for higher-order ODEs? We show that the Jacobi last multiplier can also play a major role in this case.
Keywords:
Lagrangian, first integral, Jacobi last multiplier.
Citation:
M. C. Nucci, “Seeking (and finding) Lagrangians”, TMF, 160:1 (2009), 168–177; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 160:1 (2009), 1014–1021
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf6388https://doi.org/10.4213/tmf6388 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf/v160/i1/p168
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