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A comment on time-dependent variational-principles

Paul-gerhard Reinhard

subject

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsClassical mechanicsVariation (linguistics)Variational principleNuclear fusionElementary particleAction (physics)

description

Two time-dependent variational principles are compared; the one varies the action integral, the other minimises the deviation from the Schrodinger-equation. They are shown to be equivalent for a variation with complex parameters, but different for a restricted variation.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01434355