This article discusses one of the solutions proposed in the literature to Gauss’ principle known as principle of ‘least constraint’, proposing a clarifying interpretation that allows significant computational improvements when considering its application to problems with non-diagonal mass matrix. The case of non-symmetric mass matrix is briefly discussed as well.
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