The Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism for Higher Order Field Theories
Differential Geometry
2011-02-01 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We extend the geometric Hamilton-Jacobi formalism for hamiltonian mechanics to higher order field theories with regular lagrangian density. We also investigate the dependence of the formalism on the lagrangian density in the class of those yelding the same Euler-Lagrange equations.
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@article{arxiv.1003.5236,
title = {The Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism for Higher Order Field Theories},
author = {L. Vitagliano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5236},
year = {2011}
}
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25 pages