Summary
The intrinsic relationship between symplectic and variational methods in classical mechanics is in investigated through a new approach to the theory of the Euler-Lagrange map.
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Barone, F., Grassini, R. On the Euler-Lagrange map in symplectic mechanics. Nuov Cim B 102, 437–440 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728515
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728515