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The Action Principle in Classical Electrodynamics

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The main purpose of this chapter is to consider the formulation of a relativistic point particle in classical electrodynamics from the viewpoint of Lagrangian mechanics. Here, the utility of Schwinger’s action principle is illustrated by employing three different kinds of action to derive the equations of motion and the associated surface terms.

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Dittrich, W., Reuter, M. (2020). The Action Principle in Classical Electrodynamics. In: Classical and Quantum Dynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36786-2_3

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