• In mathematics, a Lagrangian system is a pair (Y, L), consisting of a smooth fiber bundle Y → X and a Lagrangian density L, which yields the Euler–Lagrange...
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    within that space called a Lagrangian. For many systems, L = T − V, where T and V are the kinetic and potential energy of the system, respectively. The stationary...
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  • Look up Lagrangian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lagrangian may refer to: Lagrangian function, used to solve constrained minimization problems in...
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    relativistic Lagrangian mechanics is Lagrangian mechanics applied in the context of special relativity and general relativity. The relativistic Lagrangian can...
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  • Lagrangian field theory is a formalism in classical field theory. It is the field-theoretic analogue of Lagrangian mechanics. Lagrangian mechanics is used...
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  • reformulation of the original problem, known as the Lagrangian function or Lagrangian. In the general case, the Lagrangian is defined as L ( x , λ ) ≡ f ( x ) + ⟨...
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  • In mathematics, any Lagrangian system generally admits gauge symmetries, though it may happen that they are trivial. In theoretical physics, the notion...
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    both the Lagrangian and Eulerian specification of the flow field can be applied in any observer's frame of reference, and in any coordinate system used within...
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  • functional for maps between Lagrangian submanifolds. In physics, the action describes the time evolution of a physical system; here, it can be taken as...
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    both the star and the planet, located at one of the Lagrangian points of the star–planet system, is subject to a combined gravitational force that acts...
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    In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (/ləˈɡrɑːndʒ/; also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects...
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  • Hermann Abraham, Ralph; Marsden, Jerrold E. (1978). "Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Systems". Foundations of Mechanics (2nd ed.). London: Benjamin-Cummings. pp...
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  • their physical irrelevance during the conversion of a Lagrangian system to a Hamiltonian system. The principle of gauge invariance is essential to constructing...
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  • identities characterize the degeneracy of a Lagrangian system. Given a Lagrangian system and its Lagrangian L, Noether identities can be defined as a differential...
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  • integration of the equations governing atmospheric motion. A Lagrangian description of a system (such as the atmosphere) focuses on following individual air...
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    in the Lagrangian treatment of mechanics. Canonical coordinates are used in the Hamiltonian treatment of mechanics. Barycentric coordinate system as used...
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    Hamiltonian mechanics (category Dynamical systems)
    mechanical system with configuration space M {\displaystyle M} and smooth Lagrangian L . {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}.} Select a standard coordinate system (...
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    in 1918. The action of a physical system is the integral over time of a Lagrangian function, from which the system's behavior can be determined by the...
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  • homology Lagrangian mechanics Relativistic Lagrangian mechanics Lagrangian (field theory) Lagrangian system Lagrangian mixing Lagrangian point Lagrangian relaxation...
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    differential operator Differential calculus over commutative algebras Lagrangian system Spectral theory Energy operator Momentum operator Pseudo-differential...
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  • formulae for canonical momentum and energy of a closed (time-independent Lagrangian) system. With this approach it is less clear that the energy and momentum...
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    the Mars-sized object may have formed at one of the stable Earth–Sun Lagrangian points (either L4 or L5) and drifted from its position. The moons of trans-Neptunian...
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  • In the field of mathematical optimization, Lagrangian relaxation is a relaxation method which approximates a difficult problem of constrained optimization...
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    gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian, and hence the dynamics of the system itself, does not change under local transformations...
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  • not imply the global triviality of π1. Jet group Jet (mathematics) Lagrangian system Variational bicomplex Krupka, Demeter (2015). Introduction to Global...
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  • Geometric mechanics (category Lagrangian mechanics)
    inspired by the work of Smale (1970). Symmetry of a Hamiltonian or Lagrangian system gives rise to conserved quantities, by Noether's theorem, and these...
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  • Ostrogradsky instability (category Lagrangian mechanics)
    the proof can be made clearer by considering a one-dimensional system with a Lagrangian L ( q , q ˙ , q ¨ ) {\displaystyle L(q,{\dot {q}},{\ddot {q}})}...
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    of motion or the Lagrangian obey symmetries, but the lowest-energy vacuum solutions do not exhibit that same symmetry. When the system goes to one of those...
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  • Analytical mechanics (category Dynamical systems)
    {d}{dt}}F(\mathbf {q} ,t)\,,} so each Lagrangian L and L describe exactly the same motion. In other words, the Lagrangian of a system is not unique. Analogously...
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  • form and such a maximal isotropic foliation is called Lagrangian. All autonomous Hamiltonian systems (i.e. those for which the Hamiltonian and Poisson brackets...
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