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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

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