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OpenStudy (anonymous):

why potential enery is negative in langrangian formulation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's not. It's just that the lagrangian itself is formed from the difference between kinetic and potential energies, whereas the hamiltonian is formed from the sum.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it's not true, but the potential energy deacerse with diplacement, so for decriment negaative sing is put.

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