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Integration of the Classical Action for the Quartic Oscillator in 1 + 1 Dimensions
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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Applied Mathematics·Volume 04 (2013)·Pages 117–122·Published 10 October 2013·DOI10.4236/am.2013.410A3014
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Abstract
In this paper, we derive an explicit form in terms of end-point data in space-time for the classical action, i . e . integration of the Lagrangian along an extremal, for the nonlinear quartic oscillator evaluated on extremals.
KeywordsActionIntegral
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