Holonomic constraint

In Classical Mechanics, when we want to write the equations of motion of a system, we can add to them some constraints. If the can be put in the form

$$ f(t,r_1,r_2,\ldots,r_N)=0 $$

being $r_i$ generalized coordinates, they are called holonomic. Otherwise, they are called nonholonomic constraint

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Author of the notes: Antonio J. Pan-Collantes

antonio.pan@uca.es


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