# Variational electrodynamics of Atoms

@article{Luca2012VariationalEO,
title={Variational electrodynamics of Atoms},
author={J. D. Luca},
journal={arXiv: Classical Physics},
year={2012}
}
• J. D. Luca
• Published 2012
• Physics
• arXiv: Classical Physics
We generalize Wheeler-Feynman electrodynamics by the minimization of a finite action functional defined for variational trajectories that are required to merge continuously into given past and future boundary segments. We prove that the boundary-value problem is well-posed for two classes of boundary data and show that the well-posed solution in general has velocity discontinuities, henceforth broken extrema. Along regular segments, broken extrema satisfy the Euler-Lagrange neutral differential… Expand
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