Local variational problems and conservation laws

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2011.04.011zbMath1233.58002WikidataQ115356910 ScholiaQ115356910MaRDI QIDQ719821

Marcella Palese, Ekkehart Winterroth, Marco Ferraris

Publication date: 12 October 2011

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/91026

zbMATH Keywords

symmetry; cohomology; conservation law; Lagrangian formalism; jet space; fibered manifold; variational sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E30: Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces

55N30: Sheaf cohomology in algebraic topology

58A20: Jets in global analysis

58A12: de Rham theory in global analysis

70S10: Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems

55R10: Fiber bundles in algebraic topology

58A25: Currents in global analysis

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