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Is Hamilton’s principle valid for systems that are not monogenic?

I have read in Goldstein that Hamilton’s principle works only for monogenic systems. Is it true? I thought that the action principle is universal?

forces classical-mechanics lagrangian-formalism potential-energy variational-principle

asked Jul 12, 2023 at 12:53

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