Jacobi structure for dissipative mechanical systems on Lie Algebroids

Abstract: We extend the Jacobi structure from

T Q i m e s m a t h b b R

and

T^{*} Q i m e s m a t h b b R

to

A i m e s m a t h b b R

and

A^{*} i m e s m a t h b b R

, respectively, where

A

is a Lie algebroid and

A^{*}

carries the associated Poisson structure. We see that

A^{*} i m e s m a t h b b R

possesses a natural Jacobi structure from where we are able to model dissipative mechanical systems, generalizing previous models on

T Q i m e s m a t h b b R

and

m a t h f r a k g i m e s m a t h b b R

.

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