The Routh and Whittaker methods of reduction for Lagrange system on time scales with nabla derivatives are studied.The equations of motion for Lagrange system on time scales are established, and their cyclic integrals...The Routh and Whittaker methods of reduction for Lagrange system on time scales with nabla derivatives are studied.The equations of motion for Lagrange system on time scales are established, and their cyclic integrals and generalized energy integrals are given. The Routh functions and Whittaker functions of Lagrange system are constructed, and the order of differential equations of motion for the system are reduced by using the cyclic integrals or the generalized energy integrals with nabla derivatives. The results show that the reduced Routh equations and Whittaker equations hold the form of Lagrnage equations with nabla derivatives. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the application of the results.展开更多
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文摘The Routh and Whittaker methods of reduction for Lagrange system on time scales with nabla derivatives are studied.The equations of motion for Lagrange system on time scales are established, and their cyclic integrals and generalized energy integrals are given. The Routh functions and Whittaker functions of Lagrange system are constructed, and the order of differential equations of motion for the system are reduced by using the cyclic integrals or the generalized energy integrals with nabla derivatives. The results show that the reduced Routh equations and Whittaker equations hold the form of Lagrnage equations with nabla derivatives. Finally, two examples are given to illustrate the application of the results.