Dirac structures, nonholonomic systems and reduction
Differential Geometry
2011-10-17 v4
Abstract
The reduction of nonholonomic systems is formulated in terms of Dirac reduction. An optimal reduction method for a class of nonholonomic systems is formulated. Several examples are studied in detail.
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@article{arxiv.0806.1261,
title = {Dirac structures, nonholonomic systems and reduction},
author = {Madeleine Jotz and Tudor Ratiu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1261},
year = {2011}
}
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39 pages