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 principleboundary termshigher-order field theoriesrelativistic gravitational theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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