A geometrical version of the Helmholtz conditions in time-dependent Lagrangian dynamics

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/17/7/011zbMATH Open0545.58020OpenAlexW2050452010MaRDI QIDQ3334664FDOQ3334664

Authors: Mike Crampin, G. E. Prince, Gerard Thompson 

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/17/7/011

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zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz conditionstime-dependent mechanicsCartan 2-form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrange's equations (70H03) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)

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