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math-ph2004
The origin of variational principles
Wlodzimierz M. Tulczyjew
This note presents an attempt to provide a conceptual framework for variational formulations of classical physics. Variational principles of physics have all a common source in the…
math-ph2004★ 1 cited
Homogenous Lagrangian systems
Wlodzimierz M. Tulczyjew, Pawel Urbanski
The application of the Legendre transformation to a hyperregular Lagrangian system results in a Hamiltonian vector field generated by a Hamiltonian defined on the phase space of th…
math-ph1999
A slow and careful Legendre transformation for singular Lagrangians
Wlodzimierz M. Tulczyjew, Pawel Urbanski
A comparative analysis of two different versions of the Legendre transformation is presented. We provide an almost complete although somewhat superficial review of the geometric ba…