A variational setting for an indefinite Lagrangian with an affine Noether charge

DOI10.1007/S00526-022-02379-1arXiv2206.09650MaRDI QIDQ6402572FDOQ6402572

Publication date: 20 June 2022

Abstract: We introduce a variational setting for the action functional of an autonomous and indefinite Lagrangian on a finite dimensional manifold. Our basic assumption is the existence of an infinitesimal symmetry whose Noether charge is the sum of a one-form and a function. Our setting includes different types of Lorentz-Finsler Lagrangians admitting a timelike Killing vector field.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Variational methods for problems in mechanics (70G75) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) General theory of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures, symmetries, invariants (37J06)

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