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Energy function
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2026-10-03
For
a
Lagrangian
L
(
q
,
q
˙
,
t
)
, its
energy
function
is
E
=
∑
i
q
˙
i
∂
q
˙
i
∂
L
−
L
.
(1)
It is conserved along Euler-Lagrange
trajectories
when
L
has no explicit
time
dependence.
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