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Correct. In contrast to Newtonian mechanics, Lagrangians and Hamiltonians completely describe essentially all fundamental laws of physics -- including things like quantum and relativity.

However, they are cumbersome to work with for some complex, compound phenomena, such as friction.

parent pckspcks 11 years ago

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