The inverse problem in the calculus of variations and the geometry of the tangent bundle

DOI10.1016/0370-1573(90)90137-QzbMath1211.58008MaRDI QIDQ535913

G. Lo Vecchio, Giuseppe Marmo, Giuseppe Morandi, Claudio Rubano, Carlo Ferrario

Publication date: 15 May 2011

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Other variational principles in mechanics (70H30) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45)

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