• variations and classical mechanics, the EulerLagrange equations are a system of second-order ordinary differential equations whose solutions are stationary points...
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    solving the wave equation. EulerLagrange equation, a second-order PDE emerging from minimization problems in calculus of variations. Euler's formula, e ix...
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    } With these definitions, the EulerLagrange equations, or Lagrange's equations of the second kind Lagrange's equations (second kind) d d t ( ∂ L ∂ q...
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    bending equation: M = − E I d 2 w d x 2 . {\displaystyle M=-EI{d^{2}w \over dx^{2}}.} The dynamic beam equation is the EulerLagrange equation for the...
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    became Senator in 1799. Lagrange was one of the creators of the calculus of variations, deriving the EulerLagrange equations for extrema of functionals...
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  • express the Lagrangian as a function on a fiber bundle, wherein the EulerLagrange equations can be interpreted as specifying the geodesics on the fiber bundle...
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    {\boldsymbol {q}})} ⁠, the ( n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional) EulerLagrange equation ∂ L ∂ q − d d t ∂ L ∂ q ˙ = 0 {\displaystyle {\frac {\partial {\mathcal...
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  • discovered the three-dimensional wave equation. The EulerLagrange equation was developed in the 1750s by Euler and Lagrange in connection with their studies...
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  • Functions that maximize or minimize functionals may be found using the EulerLagrange equation of the calculus of variations. A simple example of such a problem...
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  • properties of parabolic equations. See the extensive List of nonlinear partial differential equations. EulerLagrange equation Nonlinear system Integrable...
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  • Klein–Gordon equation in physics: φ t t − φ x x + φ = 0. {\displaystyle \varphi _{tt}-\varphi _{xx}+\varphi =0.} The sine-Gordon equation is the EulerLagrange equation...
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    equations of motion for this physical theory should be given by the EulerLagrange equations of this functional, which are the Yang–Mills equations derived...
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  • endpoint term adds a boundary condition for the EulerLagrange equation (EL-General) which gives the Euler equation with boundary term. Taking the variation...
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  • maximal, one may apply the EulerLagrange equation directly, and thus obtain a set of equations equivalent to the geodesic equations. This method has the advantage...
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    Lagrangian L = T − V {\displaystyle L=T-V} , we can also use EulerLagrange equation to solve for equations of motion: ∂ L ∂ x − d d t ( ∂ L ∂ x ˙ ) = 0 {\displaystyle...
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  • to the variational principle are on shell and the EulerLagrange equations give the on-shell equations. Noether's theorem regarding differentiable symmetries...
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  • shows that the EulerLagrange equations form a n × n {\displaystyle n\times n} system of second-order ordinary differential equations. Inverting the matrix...
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  • perturbations is equivalent to a set of differential equations (called the EulerLagrange equations) that may be obtained using the calculus of variations...
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  • δ S = 0 {\displaystyle \delta S=0} is valid if and only if the Euler-Lagrange equations are satisfied, i.e., ∂ L ∂ q k − d d σ ∂ L ∂ q ˙ k = 0 {\displaystyle...
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    are generated from a Lagrangian density and the field-theoretic EulerLagrange equations (see classical field theory for background). In the Schrödinger...
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  • needed] The Leibniz integral rule is used in the derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equation in variational calculus. Differentiation under the integral sign...
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    dynamics, the Euler equations are a set of partial differential equations governing adiabatic and inviscid flow. They are named after Leonhard Euler. In particular...
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    differential equations that the system satisfies (e.g., Newton's second law or EulerLagrange equations), and sometimes to the solutions to those equations. However...
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  • rather, its (1, ⁠1/2⁠) ⊕ (⁠1/2⁠, 1) part. This field equation can be derived as the EulerLagrange equation corresponding to the Rarita–Schwinger Lagrangian:...
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  • conditional upon zero variational derivatives δS/δxλ and leads to EulerLagrange equations d d μ ∂ ρ ∂ v λ − ∂ ρ ∂ x λ = 0 , {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{d\mu...
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    {\mathcal {S}}} is equivalent to a set of differential equations for q(t) (the EulerLagrange equations), which may be derived as follows. Let q(t) represent...
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  • partial differential equation L u = 0. {\displaystyle Lu=0.} If the equation L u = 0 {\displaystyle Lu=0} is the EulerLagrange equation for some functional...
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  • Beltrami, is a special case of the EulerLagrange equation in the calculus of variations. The EulerLagrange equation serves to extremize action functionals...
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    formulated the EulerLagrange equation for reducing optimization problems in this area to the solution of differential equations. Euler pioneered the use...
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  • calculus of variations including its most well-known result, the EulerLagrange equation. Euler also pioneered the use of analytic methods to solve number theory...
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