Definition:Extremal Embedding in Field of Functional

Definition
Let $J$ be a functional such that:


 * $\ds J \sqbrk {\mathbf y} = \int_a^b \map F {x, \mathbf y, \mathbf y'} \rd x$

Let $\gamma$ be an extremal of $J$.

Let $R$ be a simply connected open region which contains $\gamma$ as a subset.

Let a field of functional $J$ be defined at every point of $R$.

Let one of the trajectories of the field be $\gamma$.

Then $\gamma$ can be embedded in a field of functional $J$.