About Boundary Terms in Higher Order Theories

zbMath1253.58012arXiv1106.3738MaRDI QIDQ2904192

Mercadante Silvio, Mauro Francaviglia, Lorenzo Fatibene

Publication date: 6 August 2012

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3738

zbMATH Keywords

variational principle; boundary terms; higher-order field theories; relativistic gravitational theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E30: Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces

58E50: Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences

70S05: Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems

70S10: Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems

49S05: Variational principles of physics

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