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		madhadron on Nov 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Turn Physics into an Optimization Problem I usually see is q for position, p for momentum, and a for acceleration. But that might be too much time in Landau and Lifshitz.

evanb on Nov 5, 2019 [–]

This is relatively standard notation.

To be very attentive during an exercise in Lagrangian-formulated quantum mechanics you had better make sure to dot your qs and cross your hs.

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