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Reducing the order of
the Lagrangean for a classical field in curved space-time
Richard Arens |
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Vol. 116 (1985), No. 2, 209–216
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We show how the Lagrangean L can be replaced by another, L∗, having the same extremals, but having only first order derivatives and being in fact a first degree polynomial in these derivatives. |
Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 58E30
Secondary: 58A20, 81E20, 70G50
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Milestones
Received: 17 June 1983
Published: 1 February 1985
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Authors |
| Richard Arens | |
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