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A note on the Hamiltonian equations of motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

T. S. Chang
Affiliation:
Central UniversityChungking

Extract

The Eulerian equations obtained by varying a Lagrangian containing certain field quantities qα and their derivatives of any order are cast into canonical forms. A modified canonical form for the equation of motion is given when the conjugate variables are not independent. Finally a special case is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1946

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