Analytical Mechanics - Routhian Mechanics

Routhian Mechanics

To remove the cyclic coordinates mentioned above, the Routhian can be defined:

which is like a Lagrangian, only with N − 1 degrees of freedom. The Routhian density satisfies:

also:

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