Talk:Generalized forces

Merging is fine. Please note that I have gone through the trouble to make virtual displacement, lagrangian mechanics, virtual work, generalized coordinates, and generalized forces consistent with each other in terms of notation. Also, shouldn't the correct title of the article be "generalized forces" (plural)?ChrisChiasson 09:48, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

According to Landau, the generalized force is equal to $$F_i=\frac{\partial L}{\partial q_i}$$. Olrian (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 16:12, 15 December 2008 (UTC).