%0 Journal Article %A Andrew Krieger %A Georg Menz %A Martin Tassy %T Deducing a variational principle with minimal \textit{a priori} assumptions %J The electronic journal of combinatorics %D 2020 %V 27 %N 4 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/9121/ %R 10.37236/9121 %F 10_37236_9121