Extended canonical transformations with redundant variables: Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations and degeneration (Q1332257)

Given a point transformation from a certain domain in \(\mathbb{R}^ m\) onto a space of lower dimension, we offer a general method to extend it to a canonical transformation increasing the number of variables, in the sense of Scheifele. It has the property of becoming completely automatic after a choice of some adequate constraints, and can even be performed by symbolic manipulation. Questions of degeneration associated with the introduction of redundant variables are also considered, as well as the relations with the corresponding generalized Lagrangian formalism.