Geometric aspects of higher order variational principles on submanifolds (Q941629)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5319016
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5319016 |
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Geometric aspects of higher order variational principles on submanifolds (English)
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2 September 2008
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The present paper is devoted to the calculus of variations on the space of \(r\)-th order jets of submanifolds. The bundle of truncated total derivatives is used to represent Lagrangians, Euler-Lagrange and Helmholtz morphisms. Using such a point of view, a geometric (i.e., coordinate-free) formulation of variational problems on jets of submanifolds is introduced. The theory is illustrated by two examples: the minimal submanifolds equation and the equation of relativistic particle motion.
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jets of submanifolds
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calculus of variations
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differential forms
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