Sunday, 2 April 2017

classical mechanics - Action and Action integral: Different kinds of variational principles



What are the difference between:




  1. the action $\int_{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}(L+H) dt$ that we use in the principle of least action, and




  2. the action integral $\int_{t_{1}}^{t_{2}}L dt$ that we use in Hamilton's variational principle?




References:





  1. H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, Section 8.6.




  2. H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, Chapter 2.






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