Legendre transformation for regularizable Lagrangians in field theory

DOI10.1023/A:1014548309187MaRDI QIDQ1599558zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Olga Rossi, Dana Smetanová

Publication date 11 June 2002

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0111004

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac fieldelectromagnetic fieldEuler-Lagrange equationsfirst-order LagrangianHamilton equationsHamilton-De Donder theoryLegendre transformationLepagean formPoincaré-Cartan equivalentregularityregularizable Lagrangians

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)

Abstract: Hamilton equations based not only upon the Poincare--Cartan equivalent of a first-order Lagrangian, but rather upon its Lepagean equivalent are investigated. Lagrangians which are singular within the Hamilton--De Donder theory, but regularizable in this generalized sense are studied. Legendre transformation for regularizable Lagrangians is proposed, and Hamilton equations, equivalent with the Euler--Lagrange equations, are found. It is shown that all Lagrangians affine or quadratic in the first derivatives of the field variables are regularizable. The Dirac field and the electromagnetic field are discussed in detail.

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