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arxiv: 1003.1840 · v1 · submitted 2010-03-09 · 🧮 math.DG · math-ph· math.MP

On the generalized Helmholtz conditions for Lagrangian systems with dissipative forces

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In two recent papers necessary and sufficient conditions for a given system of second-order ordinary differential equations to be of Lagrangian form with additional dissipative forces were derived. We point out that these conditions are not independent and prove a stronger result accordingly.

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