Nonholonomic constrains: why does not the least action principle leads to equations describing the motion consistent with the physical behaviour?

2011/02/14 by Umberto Lucia, Lucia, Umberto
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1102.2888

arxiv created 2011/02/14 · arxiv updated 2011/02/15

Abstract

The least action principle seems not to lead to equations describing the motion consistent with the physical behavior for nonholonomic constrains. Here an answer to this question in proposed.

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