Essays about: "Ostrogradsky ghost"

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  1. 1. Theories with higher-order time derivatives and the Ostrogradsky ghost

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Fysikum

    Author : Eleonora Svanberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Ostrogradsky ghost; higher-order time derivatives theories; Lagrangian mechanics; mathematical physics; Hamiltonian formalism;

    Abstract : Newton's second law, Schrödinger's equation and Maxwell's equations are all theories composed of at most second-time derivatives. Indeed, it is not often we need to take the time derivative of the acceleration. READ MORE