De Donder form for second order gravity

DOI10.3934/JGM.2020005zbMATH Open1439.83005arXiv1902.07616OpenAlexW2998197001MaRDI QIDQ2178759FDOQ2178759

J. Śniatycki, Oğul Esen

Publication date: 11 May 2020

Published in: Journal of Geometric Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the De Donder form for second order gravity, defined in terms of Ostrogradski's version of the Legendre transformation applied to all independent variables, is globally defined by its local coordinate descriptions. It is a natural differential operator applied to the diffeomorphism invariant Lagrangian of the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.07616

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zbMATH Keywords

Hilbert LagrangianDe Donder formsecond order gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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