Solution of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations
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- © Copyright 1941 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 50 (1941), 71-128
- MSC: Primary 49.0X
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1941-0004740-5
- MathSciNet review: 0004740