Helmholtz's inverse problem of the discrete calculus of variations
Abstract
We derive the discrete version of the classical Helmholtz condition. Precisely, we state a theorem characterizing second order finite differences equations admitting a Lagrangian formulation. Moreover, in the affirmative case, we provide the class of all possible Lagrangian formulations.
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