Generalized symmetries in mechanics and field theories

DOI10.1063/1.1469668zbMath1059.70021OpenAlexW2002350786MaRDI QIDQ4832653

Marco Ferraris, Mauro Francaviglia, Lorenzo Fatibene, Raymond G. Mclenaghan

Publication date: 14 December 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1469668

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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