Explicit topological formulation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian equations for nonlinear networks

This paper presents an explicit topological formulation of the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian equations for a large class of nonlinear networks. In particular, formulations are given for networks containing both linear and nonlinear controlled sources. Classically, the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian equations are derived from variational techniques; in this paper topological techniques are used for the formulation.