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By way of background, it may be remarked that for a body consisting of finitely many particles, several different derivations of Lagrange’s equations can be found in the dynamics literature.1 These include: derivations proceeding from Newton’s second law by an unenlightening manipulation of partial derivatives; those employing the principle of virtual work; and those appealing to variational principles.
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Casey, J. (1995). On the advantages of a geometrical viewpoint in the derivation of Lagrange’s equations for a rigid continuum. In: Casey, J., Crochet, M.J. (eds) Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Contributions to the Mechanics of Fluids and Solids. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9229-2_41
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