New developments in geometric mechanics

DOI10.4064/BC110-0-4zbMATH Open1404.70050arXiv1510.00296OpenAlexW3098658232MaRDI QIDQ2957367FDOQ2957367

Authors: J. Grabowski, Andrew James Bruce, Katarzyna Grabowska, Paweł Urbański 

Publication date: 26 January 2017

Published in: Banach Center Publications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the concept of a graded bundle, which is a generalisation of a vector bundle, its linearisation, and a double structure of this kind. We then present applications of these structures in geometric mechanics including systems with higher order Lagrangian and the Plateau problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.00296

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50)

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