In this paper, the paradox on the elastic wedge is restudied under the Hamiltonian system. This research shows that a special paradox in Euclidean space under the Lagrange system is just the Jordan form solutions in symplectic space under the Hamiltonian system, so they can be solved directly and rationally by normal mathematical physics methods.

Issue Section:
Brief Notes
Keywords:
elasticity
Topics:
Wedges, Eigenvalues, Boundary-value problems
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