Nielson form of Lagranges Equations

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The discussion revolves around deriving Nielson's form from Lagrange's equations, a topic within classical mechanics.

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Could someone point me in the correct direction from deriving Nielson's form from Lagranges equations?
 
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There is a nice exercise about that in Goldstein
 
arildno said:
There is a nice exercise about that in Goldstein
That is where i got it from...
 
I think this can help you, :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_form
 
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