Variational Principles
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Mechanics is a branch of physics studying motion. The history of mechanics, as well as the history of other branches of science, is a history of attempts to explain the world by means of the smallest possible number of universal laws and general principles. The most successful and fruitful attempts stem from the idea that the observable events are extreme in their character and that the general principles sought are variational, i.e. they assert that certain parameters obtain their maximum or minimum values in realizable physical processes.
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Variational Principle Action Principle Lagrange Equation Lagrange Function Elastic Collision
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