Skinner-Rusk approach to time-dependent mechanics
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-07 v1 math.MP
Abstract
The geometric approach to autonomous classical mechanical systems in terms of a canonical first-order system on the Whitney sum of the tangent and cotangent bundle, developed by R. Skinner and R. Rusk, is extended to the time-dependent framework.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0203045,
title = {Skinner-Rusk approach to time-dependent mechanics},
author = {J. Cortes and S. Martinez and F. Cantrijn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0203045},
year = {2009}
}