A variational principle for contact Hamiltonian systems (Q2420541)
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A variational principle for contact Hamiltonian systems (English)
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6 June 2019
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The authors generalize the implicit variational principle to the setting of nonautonomous contact Hamiltonian systems. In particular, they consider the case of a complete Riemannian manifold and describe some properties of the corresponding action minimizers.
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contact Hamiltonian system
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implicit variational principle
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minimization method
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