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Francois Ziegler
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How is the Euler-Lagrange equation derived without local coordinates?

The Euler Lagrange equation states that the time flow is given by a vector field such that when the vector field is contracted with the sympletic form gives dL, where L is the Lagrangian function on the tangent bundle.

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