Dynamic Connections in Analytical Mechanics

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Authors: L. Mangiarotti, G. Sardanashvily 

Publication date: 27 May 1998

Abstract: It is shown that any dynamic equation on a configuration bundle $QoR$ of non-relativistic time-dependent mechanics is associated with connections on the affine jet bundle $J^{1}QoQ$ and on the tangent bundle $TQoQ$. As a consequence, any non-relativistic dynamic equation can be seen as a geodesic equation with respect to a (non-linear) connection on the tangent bundle $TQoQ$. Using this fact, the relationship between relativistic and non-relativistic equations of motion is studied. The geometric notions of reference frames and relative accelerations in non-relativistic mechanics are introduced in the terms of connections. The covariant form of non-relativistic dynamic equations is written.

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