De Donder construction for higher jets

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-42683-5_4zbMATH Open1480.70042arXiv1808.03054OpenAlexW2885098715MaRDI QIDQ3300566FDOQ3300566

Authors: J. Śniatycki, Reuven Segev 

Publication date: 29 July 2020

Published in: Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we generalize De Donder approach to construct boundary forms that depend on the adapted coordinate system used. In continuum mechanics, use of boundary forms leads to splitting of the total force acting on the body into body force and surface traction. Moreover, this splitting is independent of the choice of the boundary form used. In calculus of variations, use of boundary forms leads to equations in exterior differential forms that are equivalent to the Euler-Lagrange equations. Infinitesimal symmetries of the theory lead to conservation laws valid for any choice of the boundary form used. In an example, we show that the boundary conditions lead to independence of constants of motion of the choice of the boundary form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.03054

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zbMATH Keywords

invariancecoordinate systemjet bundleshigher-order LagrangiansDe Donder formgeneralizations of boundary formssecond-order gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) More general nonquantum field theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S20)

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