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The Hamilton-Jacobi theory is a formulation of Classical Mechanics equivalent to other formulations as Newton's equations, Lagrangian or Hamiltonian Mechanics. It is particulary useful for the identification of conserved quantities of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 M. de Leon , C. Sardon

Cylindrically symmetric vacuum spacetimes are of immense interest in theoretical physics due to its connection to cosmic strings hypothesized in quantum field theory. In this article, we explore the properties of such spacetime and provide…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-23 Ashiqul Islam Dip , Nishat Anjum , Maruf Ahmed , Iffat Zumarradah

The Hamilton--Jacobi formalism generalized to 2--dimensional field theories according to Lepage's canonical framework is applied to several covariant real scalar fields, e.g. massless and massive Klein--Gordon, Sine--Gordon, Liouville and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Wulf Boettger , Henning Wissowski , Hans A. Kastrup

In the jet bundle description of Field Theories (multisymplectic models, in particular), there are several choices for the multimomentum bundle where the covariant Hamiltonian formalism takes place. As a consequence, several proposals for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-05 A. Echeverrí a-Enrí quez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Román-Roy

In this review paper we give a geometrical formulation of the field equations in the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms of classical field theories (of first order) in terms of multivector fields. This formulation enables us to discuss…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 A. Echeverría-Enríquez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Román-Roy

The Hamilton-Jacobi problem is revisited bearing in mind the consequences arising from a possible bi-Hamiltonian structure. The problem is formulated on the tangent bundle for Lagrangian systems in order to avoid the bias of the existence…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-11 J. F. Carinena , X. Gracia , G. Marmo , E. Martinez , M. Munoz-Lecanda , N. Roman-Roy

The paper is devoted to prove the existence of a local solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation in field theory, whence the general solution of the field equations can be obtained. The solution is adapted to the choice of the submanifold…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Danilo Bruno

In this paper, we review the discrete Hamilton--Jacobi theory from a geometric point of view. In the discrete realm, the usual geometric interpretation of the Hamilton--Jacobi theory in terms of vector fields is not straightforward. Here,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-04-18 M. de León , C. Sardón

Reduction theory has played a major role in the study of Hamiltonian systems. On the other hand, the Hamilton-Jacobi theory is one of the main tools to integrate the dynamics of certain Hamiltonian problems and a topic of research on its…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Manuel de León , David Martín de Diego , Miguel Vaquero

A new approach leading to the formulation of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for field theories is investigated within the framework of jet-bundles and multi-symplectic manifolds. An algorithm associating classes of solutions to given sets of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-12-04 Danilo Bruno

In this paper we introduce a geometric description of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian classical field theories on Lie algebroids in the framework of k-symplectic geometry. We discuss the relation between Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-28 M. de Leon , D. Martin de Diego , M. Salgado , S. Vilariño

The Hamilton-Jacobi equation of classical mechanics is approached as a model reduction of conservative particle mechanics where the velocity degrees-of-freedom are eliminated. This viewpoint allows an extension of the association of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Amit Acharya

The objective of this work is twofold: First, we analyze the relation between the k-cosymplectic and the k-symplectic Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms in classical field theories. In particular, we prove the equivalence between…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 Narciso Roman-Roy , Angel M. Rey , Modesto Salgado , Silvia Vilarino

This manuscript introduces novel approaches to three phenomena. First, we extend the algebraic formulation of kinetic theory within the contact framework by making explicit the gauge freedom, thereby obtaining a formulation in which the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Begüm Ateşli , Oğul Esen , Miroslav Grmela , Michal Pavelka

This article develops a Hamilton--Jacobi theory for non-conservative classical field theories, with particular emphasis on dissipative systems, in the framework of co-oriented k-contact geometry. We introduce evolution k-contact k-vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Javier de Lucas , Julia Lange , Xavier Rivas , Cristina Sardón

In this article we provide a Hamilton-Jacobi formalism in locally conformally symplectic manifolds. Our interest in the Hamilton-Jacobi theory comes from the suitability of this theory as an integration method for dynamical systems, whilst…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Oğul Esen , Manuel de León , Cristina Sardón , Marcin Zajac

A Hamilton-Jacobi theory for general dynamical systems, defined on fibered phase spaces, has been recently developed. In this paper we shall apply such a theory to contact Hamiltonian systems, as those appearing in thermodynamics and on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-19 S. Grillo , E. Padrón

I construct a global version of the local polysymplectic approach to covariant Hamiltonian field theory pioneered by C. Gunther. Beginning with the geometric framework of the theory, I specialize to vertical vector fields to construct the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Tom McClain

A hybrid system is a system whose dynamics is given by a mixture of both continuous and discrete transitions. In particular, these systems can be utilised to describe the dynamics of a mechanical system with impacts. Based on the approach…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Leonardo Colombo , Manuel de León , María Emma Eyrea Irazú , Asier López-Gordón

These lectures are an introduction to formal semiclassical quantization of classical field theory. First we develop the Hamiltonian formalism for classical field theories on space time with boundary. It does not have to be a cylinder as in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-03-13 Alberto S. Cattaneo , Pavel Mnev , Nicolai Reshetikhin