Invariant Lagrangians, mechanical connections and the Lagrange–Poincaré equations

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/34/344015zbMATH Open1143.70010arXiv0802.0146OpenAlexW3101459978MaRDI QIDQ3524286FDOQ3524286

Authors: Tom Mestdag, Mike Crampin 

Publication date: 9 September 2008

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

Abstract: We deal with Lagrangian systems that are invariant under the action of a symmetry group. The mechanical connection is a principal connection that is associated to Lagrangians which have a kinetic energy function that is defined by a Riemannian metric. In this paper we extend this notion to arbitrary Lagrangians. We then derive the reduced Lagrange-Poincare equations in a new fashion and we show how solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equations can be reconstructed with the help of the mechanical connection. Illustrative examples confirm the theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0146

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian metricsymmetry groupprincipal connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Symmetries, Lie group and Lie algebra methods for problems in mechanics (70G65)

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