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Seeking (and finding) Lagrangians
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It is well known that for any second-order ordinary differential equation (ODE), a Lagrangian always exists, and the key to its construction is the Jacobi last multiplier. Is it possible to find Lagrangians for first-order systems of ODEs or for higher-order ODEs? We show that the Jacobi last multiplier can also play a major role in this case.
Keywords: Lagrangian, first integral
Mots-clés : Jacobi last multiplier. 
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M. C. Nucci. Seeking (and finding) Lagrangians. Teoretičeskaâ i matematičeskaâ fizika, Tome 160 (2009) no. 1, pp. 168-177. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TMF_2009_160_1_a15/

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