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Second Order Lagrangian Dynamics On Double Cross Product Groups

Mathematical Physics 2020-05-19 v2 Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We observe that the iterated tangent group of a Lie group may be realized as a double cross product of the 2nd order tangent group, with the Lie algebra of the base Lie group. Based on this observation, we derive the 2nd order Euler-Lagrange equations on the 2nd order tangent group from the 1st order Euler-Lagrange equations on the iterated tangent group. We also present in detail the 2nd order Lagrangian dynamics on the 2nd order tangent group of a double cross product group.

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@article{arxiv.1909.10375,
  title  = {Second Order Lagrangian Dynamics On Double Cross Product Groups},
  author = {Oğul Esen and Mahmut Kudeyt and Serkan Sütlü},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.10375},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Revisions has been made to shorten the text... the discussion on discrete dynamics has been spared for a separate paper

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