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Inverse Variational Problem and Symmetry in Action: The Relativistic Third Order Dynamics

General Mathematics 2017-08-22 v2

Abstract

Tools of the intrinsic analysis on manifolds, helpful in solving the invariant inverse problem of the calculus of variations are being presented comprising a combined approach which consists in the simultaneous imposition of symmetry principles and the inverse variational problem considerations in terms of vector-valued differential forms. In three-dimensional space-time we obtain a unique (covector) third-order Poincar\'e-invariant variational equation, which then is identified with the motion of a free relativistic top in flat three-dimensional space-time.

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@article{arxiv.1608.03197,
  title  = {Inverse Variational Problem and Symmetry in Action: The Relativistic Third Order Dynamics},
  author = {Roman Ya. Matsyuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03197},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Corrected formulae on pp. 10 and 15. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1604.08451. Corrected formulae in V2:(3.9); (3.31); first of Proposition 3.6