Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2012) 127: 103
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2012-12103-2

Addendum

Addendum to: Hamiltonian structure of classical N-body systems of finite-size particles subject to EM interactions

¹ International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
² Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Received: 19 April 2012
Revised: 9 August 2012
Accepted: 14 August 2012
Published online: 17 September 2012

Abstract

A discussion is presented concerning the prescription of the N -body variational functional and the related Lagrangian and Hamiltonian functions in the presence of electromagnetic binary and self-interactions.