The physical meaning of Lagrange multipliers

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Karabulut H.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, vol.27, no.4, pp.709-718, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 27 Issue: 4
• Publication Date: 2006
• Doi Number: 10.1088/0143-0807/27/4/003
• Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.709-718
• Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
• Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A rule to assign a physical meaning to Lagrange multipliers is discussed. Examples from mechanics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics are given.