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We give a procedure for constructing all the Lagrangian constraints of a degenerate system from the Hamiltonian constraints.
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Batlle, C., Gomis, J., Pons, J.M. et al. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraints. Lett Math Phys 13, 17–23 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570763
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