Generalized Hamiltonian dynamics. II. Gauge transformations

DOI10.1063/1.525655zbMath0556.70013MaRDI QIDQ3219820

Ray Skinner, Raymond Rusk

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525655

zbMATH Keywords

gauge transformations; constraints; Dirac's conjecture; Whitney sum of phase space and velocity space; time dependent formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70H05: Hamilton's equations

70S15: Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems

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

70H50: Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics

70G10: Generalized coordinates; event, impulse-energy, configuration, state, or phase space for problems in mechanics

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