GATE PH 2026 PH Q28: Lagrangian Formulation

A projectile of mass

is launched from the ground with the initial speed

at an angle

from the horizontal. Take the ground to be horizontal. Ignoring the drag, the magnitude of Hamilton’s action

for the particle from the beginning till it hits the ground is

. The value of

(rounded off to two decimal places) is ____

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