Phase space geometry for constrained Lagrangian systems
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Dynamical Systems
math.MP
Abstract
We study geometry of the phase space for finite-dimensional dynamical systems with degenerate Lagrangians. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraint formalisms are treated as different local-coordinate pictures of the same invariant procedure. The invariant description is given in terms of geometrical objects associated with the structure of foliation on the phase space.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9806016,
title = {Phase space geometry for constrained Lagrangian systems},
author = {Vladimir Pavlov and Andrei Starinets},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9806016},
year = {2007}
}
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27 pages