Action ( $S$ )

The action of a path is the time integral of its Lagrangian. The principle of stationary action requires its first variation to vanish for every admissible fixed-endpoint variation.

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Principle of stationary action

The principle of stationary action says that the physical path between fixed endpoints is a stationary point of the action.

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