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The physical meaning of Lagrange multipliers

arXiv:0705.0609 · doi:10.1088/0143-0807/27/4/003

Abstract

A rule to assign a physical meaning to Lagrange multipliers is discussed. Examples from mechanics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics are given.

15 pages(12 pts) with no figures

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