Unambiguous formalism for higher order Lagrangian field theories

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/47/475207zbMATH Open1231.58005arXiv0906.0389OpenAlexW3098870854MaRDI QIDQ3402118FDOQ3402118

Authors: Cédric M. Campos, Manuel de León, David Martín de Diego, Joris Vankerschaver 

Publication date: 2 February 2010

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

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose an unambiguous intrinsic formalism for higher-order field theories which avoids the arbitrariness in the generalization of the conventional description of field theories, which implies the existence of different Cartan forms and Legendre transformations. We propose a differential-geometric setting for the dynamics of a higher-order field theory, based on the Skinner and Rusk formalism for mechanics. This approach incorporates aspects of both, the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian description, since the field equations are formulated using the Lagrangian on a higher-order jet bundle and the canonical multisymplectic form on its dual. As both of these objects are uniquely defined, the Skinner-Rusk approach has the advantage that it does not suffer from the arbitrariness in conventional descriptions. The result is that we obtain a unique and global intrinsic version of the Euler-Lagrange equations for higher-order field theories. Several examples illustrate our construction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0389

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Jets in global analysis (58A20)

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