The differential geometric structure of general mechanical systems from the Lagrangian point of view

DOI10.1063/1.525249zbMath0522.70019OpenAlexW2005093282WikidataQ115332594 ScholiaQ115332594MaRDI QIDQ3673185

Robert Hermann

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525249

zbMATH Keywords

differential formsjet spacesPfaffian systemscoordinate-free formexternal forces and constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Nonholonomic systems related to the dynamics of a system of particles (70F25)

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The differential geometric principle of the nonholonomic mechanical systems of Cheatev's type ⋮ Differential geometry of distributions ⋮ Projective differential geometry and geodesic conservation laws in general relativity. I: Projective actions ⋮ Geometric construction and properties of some families of solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. I

Cites Work

• E. Cartan's geometrie theory of partial differential equations
• The Hamilton-Cartan formalism in the calculus of variations
• On the Existence of Global Variational Principles

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