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Stationarity of the action under variations with fixed endpoints gives the Euler-Lagrange equation. The generalized momentum is $p=\partial L/\partial \dot{q}$. The Legendre transform in mechanics isafter solving $p(q,\dot{q},t)$ for $\dot{q}$. This requires at least local invertibility, ${\partial }^{2}L/\partial {\dot{q}}^2\ne 0$; global single-valuedness requires global invertibility.

A Lagrangian is regular when its velocity Hessian matrix is invertible. The inverse function theorem then makes the fiber derivative $p_i=L_{v^i}$ locally invertible, allowing a local Legendre transform in mechanics to a Hamiltonian. If that fiber derivative is globally invertible, the Lagrangian is called a hyperregular Lagrangian. Regularity alone does not assert global invertibility, and singular Lagrangians may give constrained rather than ordinary unconstrained Hamilton's equations.