The fundamental form of a homogeneous Lagrangian in two independent variables (Q1957173)
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The fundamental form of a homogeneous Lagrangian in two independent variables (English)
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24 September 2010
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For a homogeneous Lagrangian of arbitrary order in two independent variables, a differential 2-form is constructed. This form is closed precisely when the Lagrangian is null. This property is similar to the ``fundamental Lepage equivalent'' associated with first-order Lagrangians defined on jets of sections of a fibred manifold. In sections 2--3, the properties of homogeneous variational problems are recalled in the context of a bicomplex of vector-valued forms. In sections 4--6, some preliminary results, the basic theorem of the work, and a discussion of some consequences of this result are presented.
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homogeneous Lagrangian
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Lepage form
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variational bicomplex
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