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The modern theory of generalized Hamiltonian systems is used to construct a unified canonical description of the linear Lagrangian biodynamics introduced by Kerner.
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Lumsden, C.J., Trainor, L.E.H. On the Hamiltonian content of biodynamics. Bltn Mathcal Biology 42, 327–337 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460790
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