Semi-basic 1-forms and Helmholtz conditions for the inverse problem of the calculus of variations

DOI10.3934/JGM.2009.1.159zbMATH Open1189.58006arXiv0903.1169OpenAlexW3106490552MaRDI QIDQ2379752FDOQ2379752

Ioan Bucataru, Matias F. Dahl

Publication date: 22 March 2010

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

Abstract: We use Fr"olicher-Nijenhuis theory to obtain global Helmholtz conditions, expressed in terms of a semi-basic 1-form, that characterize when a semispray is locally Lagrangian. We also discuss the relation between these Helmholtz conditions and their classic formulation written using a multiplier matrix. When the semi-basic 1-form is 1-homogeneous (0-homogeneous) we show that two (one) of the Helmholtz conditions are consequences of the other ones. These two special cases correspond to two inverse problems in the calculus of variation: Finsler metrizability for a spray, and projective metrizability for a spray.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1169

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zbMATH Keywords

inverse problemFinsler metrizabilityHelmholtz conditionsprojective metrizability[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Poincar%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD-Cartan+1-form&go=Go Poincar��-Cartan 1-form]

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

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