Eqab M. Rabei, and Rashed Omari, Hussain Y. 2000,

The Treatment of Holonomic Systems as Singular Systems Using The Dirac Method,

Natural and applied Science Series, Vol. 15, No. 1, 83.

Abstract:

Holonomic systems are treated as singular systems using the Dirac method.  The holonomic constraints are considered primary constraints; the same as those obtained from the definition of the momenta.  It is shown that the Lagrange multipliers can be determined using the consistency conditions; where as the unknown coefficients of the Dirac method are just the total time derivatives of the Lagrange multipliers.