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The Lagrangian in Scalar Field Theory
This is perhaps a naive question, but why do we write down the Lagrangian
$$\mathcal{L}=\frac{1}{2}\eta^{\mu\nu}\partial_{\mu}\phi\partial_{\nu}\phi - \frac{1}{2}m^2\phi^2$$
as the simplest ...
