Second-order time-dependent tangent bundles and geometric mechanics

DOI10.1007/S00009-017-0954-2MaRDI QIDQ1679149zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 8 November 2017

Published in Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.02276

connections second-order tangent bundle semisprays time-dependent Lagrangian

Differentiable manifolds, foundations (58A05) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20)

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to geometrize time dependent Lagrangian mechanics in a way that the framework of second order tangent bundles plays an essential role. To this end, we first introduce the concepts of time dependent connections and time dependent semisprays on a manifold

M

and their induced vector bundle structures on the second order time dependent tangent bundle

R i m e s T^{2} M

. Then we turn our attention to regular time Lagrangians and their interaction with

R i m e s T^{2} M

in different situations such as mechanical systems with potential fields, external forces and holonomic constraints. Finally we propose an examples to support our theory.

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In this paper the author proposes a geometrization of time-dependent Lagrangian mechanics in a way that the framework of second-order tangent bundles plays an essential role. After describing some concepts of time-dependent connections and time-dependent semisprays on a manifold, the author introduces a vector bundle structure on the second-order time-dependent tangent bundle \({\mathbb{R}}\times T^2M\). It is shown that \(\pi_2:{\mathbb{R}}\times T^2M\rightarrow{\mathbb{R}}\times M\), which arises as a natural extension of the ordinary tangent bundle, has many geometric and mechanic properties. Then, the author studies the concept of regular time-dependent Lagrangian and Lagrangian vector fields and derives their interaction with \({\mathbb{R}}\times T^2M\) in different situations, such as mechanical systems with potential fields, external forces and holonomic constrains. Finally, as application, the author presents the case of the Lie group \(H^s\) volume-preserving diffeomorphisms \({\mathcal{D}}^s_\mu\) on a compact Riemannian manifold.

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