Multivector fields and connections: Setting Lagrangian equations in field theories

DOI10.1063/1.532525MaRDI QIDQ4701664zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Arturo Echeverria-Enríques, Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda, N. Román-Roy

Publication date 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9707001

zbMATH Keywords

existenceintegrability of multivector fieldsintegrable connectionsLagrangian evolution equationsNoether's theoremnonuniqueness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H06)

Abstract: The integrability of multivector fields in a differentiable manifold is studied. Then, given a jet bundle $J^{1}EoEoM$, it is shown that integrable multivector fields in $E$ are equivalent to integrable connections in the bundle $EoM$ (that is, integrable jet fields in $J^{1}E$). This result is applied to the particular case of multivector fields in the manifold $J^{1}E$ and connections in the bundle $J^{1}EoM$ (that is, jet fields in the repeated jet bundle $J^1{J}^{1}E$), in order to characterize integrable multivector fields and connections whose integral manifolds are canonical lifting of sections. These results allow us to set the Lagrangian evolution equations for first-order classical field theories in three equivalent geometrical ways (in a form similar to that in which the Lagrangian dynamical equations of non-autonomous mechanical systems are usually given). Then, using multivector fields; we discuss several aspects of these evolution equations (both for the regular and singular cases); namely: the existence and non-uniqueness of solutions, the integrability problem and Noether's theorem; giving insights into the differences between mechanics and field theories.

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