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### Euler-Lagrange Equation: From boundary value to initial value problem

In the principle of stationary action, the initial and final points in configuration space are held fixed. This is a boundary value problem. However, this principle leads to the Euler-Lagrange ...
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### In the Principle of Least Action, how does a particle know where it will be in the future?

In his book on Classical Mechanics, Prof. Feynman asserts that it just does. But if this is really what happens (& if the Principle of Least Action is more fundamental than Newton's Laws), then ...
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### Initial in time conditions and Lagrangian approach in classical mechanics

When we derive Euler-Lagrange equations in classical mechanics following the Lagrangian approach we introduce Boundary conditions at the starting- and end-points of the path in the configuration space....
We defined the action as: $$\mathcal{S}(t)=\int_{t_1}^{t_2}\mathcal{L}(q_i,\dot{q_i},t) dt$$ where $q_i(t_1)$ and $q_i(t_2)$ are known and fixed. Hamilton's principle states that the path that is ...