Definition:Variational Principle

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Definition

A variational principle is a statement defining a condition that is required to be fulfilled in order to solve a problem in the calculus of variations.

Sources

1965: J.W. Leech: Classical Mechanics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Introduction

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