Ostrogradski formalism for higher-derivative scalar field theories

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/31/33/006zbMath0934.70020arXivhep-th/9802115OpenAlexW2084375107MaRDI QIDQ4259230

F. J. de Urríes, J. Julve

Publication date: 9 April 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9802115

zbMATH Keywords

generalized momentaKlein-Gordon operatorscalar field theorieshigher-order Lagrangiansorder-reducing covariant procedureOstrogradski theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)

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