Formulation of a constrained system in terms of extended Lagrangian and its local symmetries

Abstract: It is shown that an arbitrary singular Lagrangian theory (with first and second class constraints up to

N

-th stage in the Hamiltonian formulation) can be reformulated as a theory with at most third-stage constraints. The corresponding Lagrangian

i l d e L

can be obtained by pure algebraic methods, its manifest form in terms of quantities of the initial formulation is found. Local symmetries of

i l d e L

are obtained in closed form. All the first class constraints of the initial Lagrangian turn out to be gauge symmetry generators for

i l d e L

.

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