Manifestly covariant equations of motion for a particle in an external field

DOI10.1063/1.525549zbMath0495.58013OpenAlexW2040309280MaRDI QIDQ3959143

Paul H. Lim

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525549

zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationsKalman's equationsnon-flat spacetimeparticle in external fieldrelativistic variational principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) General relativity (83C99) Special relativity (83A05) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Hamilton's principle (70H25) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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Cites Work

• Generalized Hamiltonian dynamics
• Lagrangian Formalism in Relativistic Dynamics
• A No-Interaction Theorem in Classical Relativistic Hamiltonian Particle Dynamics
• Remarks on the Nature of Relativistic Particle Orbits
• Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics

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