Representation of the variational sequence by differential forms.

DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(03)80018-6zbMath1046.58005MaRDI QIDQ595932

Jana Musilová, Michael Krbek

Publication date: 6 August 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0034-4877(03)80018-6

zbMATH Keywords

contact form; variational sequence; formal differential operator; de Rham sequence; Euler-Lagrange mapping; Helmholtz-Sonin mapping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E30: Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces

58A15: Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory)

49K27: Optimality conditions for problems in abstract spaces

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