Complete the square in the velocity variable:
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Since , the final term is nonpositive and vanishes at exactly one velocity. Therefore
(2)
This is the Legendre transform in mechanics that constructs the Hamiltonian mechanics energy from the kinetic-minus-potential Lagrangian.

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