Consider a Lagrangian of the form Show that the resulting Lagrange equations give Newton's second law (mathbf{F}=d

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Consider a Lagrangian of the form

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Show that the resulting Lagrange equations give Newton's second law \(\mathbf{F}=d \mathbf{p} / d t\) for a relativistic particle, if \(F^{i}=-\partial U / \partial x^{i}\).

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Modern Classical Mechanics

ISBN: 9781108834971

1st Edition

Authors: T. M. Helliwell, V. V. Sahakian

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