A generalized Lagrange equation in implicit form for non-conservative mechanics

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, , Citation F Barone et al 1997 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30 1575 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/30/5/021

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1 Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni R Caccioppoli, Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Via Cintia, Monte S Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy

2 Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Mostra d'Oltremare, pad. 19, 80125 Naples, Italy, and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Italy

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  1. Received 24 June 1996

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Abstract

Different geometric formulations are obtained for a generalized Lagrange equation non-reducible to normal form and encompassing non-conservative dynamics.

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