Variational connections on Lie groups

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00161-4zbMath1021.37038WikidataQ115338080 ScholiaQ115338080MaRDI QIDQ1405262

Gerard Thompson

Publication date: 25 August 2003

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equations; variational principle; geodesic spray; Canonical connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

34A26: Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations

53C05: Connections (general theory)

70H03: Lagrange's equations

Related Items

Finsler geodesics of Lagrangian systems through Routh reduction, Invariant metrizability and projective metrizability on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces, Un-reduction of systems of second-order ordinary differential equations, Inverse problem of the calculus of variations on Lie groups, An invariant variational principle for canonical flows on Lie groups, The inverse problem for six-dimensional codimension two nilradical lie algebras

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