Lagrange scalar densities which are concomitants of a pseudo-Riemannian metric-tensor, a scalar field and their derivatives of arbitrary order are considered. The most general second-order Euler-Lagrange tensors derivable from such a Lagrangian in a four-dimensional space are constructed, and it is shown that these Euler-Lagrange tensors may be obtained from a Lagrangian which is at most of second order in the derivatives of the field functions. © 1974 Plenum Publishing Company Limited.
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Horndeski, G. W. (1974). Second-order scalar-tensor field equations in a four-dimensional space. International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 10(6), 363–384. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807638
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