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We begin this chapter with the definition of the action functional as time integral over the Lagrangian \( L\left( {{q_i}\left( t \right),{{\dot q}_i}\left( t \right);t} \right) \) of a dynamical system:
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Dittrich, W., Reuter, M. (1994). The Action Principles in Mechanics. In: Classical and Quantum Dynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97465-6_2
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