Lecture

Principle of Least Action

In course

Consequat quis deserunt voluptate commodo sit cupidatat excepteur eiusmod minim ad. Ad ea aliqua velit culpa id dolore veniam consectetur commodo magna tempor eiusmod labore. Cupidatat sunt ipsum ipsum amet culpa pariatur amet anim consequat do. Elit deserunt magna velit minim. Elit mollit occaecat Lorem do deserunt aute ipsum eu sunt consequat adipisicing ut.

Description

This lecture introduces the principle of least action, which minimizes a function through the Euler-Lagrange equations. It covers Lagrange multipliers, normal coordinates, and the Euler-Lagrange formalism. The concept is illustrated graphically and mathematically, emphasizing the importance of variational calculus and symmetries.

Instructor

nostrud irure nostrud tempor

Voluptate magna minim esse minim ullamco nisi voluptate officia eu sunt exercitation minim. Occaecat consectetur deserunt ad sit incididunt nulla et. Laborum culpa est consequat eu exercitation do eu excepteur laborum occaecat reprehenderit enim. Magna dolor laborum quis irure duis non. Laborum labore voluptate aliquip est esse consequat fugiat.

Official source

https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/0_2pdqub3v

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Ontological neighbourhood

Physics

Mechanics: Classical mechanics

Quantum field theory: Topics in quantum field theory

Mathematics

Geometry: Euclidean geometry

Algebra: Linear algebra

Information engineering

Natural language processing: Topics in natural language processing

Related lectures (64)

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.