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Massa, Enrico; Pagani, Enrico. Jet bundle geometry, dynamical connections, and the inverse problem of lagrangian mechanics. Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 61 (1994) no. 1, pp. 17-62. http://archive.numdam.org/item/AIHPA_1994__61_1_17_0/

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