Aspects of the Inverse Problem to the Calculus of Variations

Authors

Ian M. Anderson, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

ArchivumMathematicum

Volume

24

Issue

4

Publisher

Masaryk University

Publication Date

12-20-1988

First Page

329

Last Page

370

Abstract

The inverse problem to the calculus of variation is that of determining when a given system of differential equations may b derived from a variational principle. Local, global and equivariant aspects of this problem are discussed.

Comments

Originally Published by Masaryk University in Archivum Mathematicum : http://dml.cz/dmlcz/107326

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Recommended Citation

Aspects of the Inverse Problem to the Calculus of Variations, Archivum Mathematicum (Brno) 24 (1988), 329–370.