Geometric aspects of nonholonomic field theories
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-11 v2 math.MP
Abstract
A geometric model for nonholonomic Lagrangian field theory is studied. The multisymplectic approach to such a theory as well as the corresponding Cauchy formalism are discussed. It is shown that in both formulations, the relevant equations for the constrained system can be recovered by a suitable projection of the equations for the underlying free (i.e. unconstrained) Lagrangian system.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0506010,
title = {Geometric aspects of nonholonomic field theories},
author = {Joris Vankerschaver and Frans Cantrijn and Manuel de Leon and David Martin de Diego},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0506010},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
29 pages; typos removed