Towards F=ma in a general setting for Lagrangian mechanics

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 569-605

  Lewis, Andrew D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0034375227     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000230050007     Document Type: Article

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