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In this work we study the theory of linearized gravity via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We make a brief review of this theory and its Lagrangian description, as well as a review of the Hamilton-Jacobi approach for singular systems. Then…

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We study the constrained Ostrogradski-Hamilton framework for the equations of motion provided by mechanical systems described by second-order derivative actions with a linear dependence in the accelerations. We stress out the peculiar…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-30 Miguel Cruz , Rosario Gomez-Cortes , Alberto Molgado , Efrain Rojas

The different forms of the Hamiltonian formulations of linearized General Relativity/spin-two theories are discussed in order to show their similarities and differences. It is demonstrated that in the linear model, non-covariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-18 K. R. Green , N. Kiriushcheva , S. V. Kuzmin

A geometric model for nonholonomic Lagrangian field theory is studied. The multisymplectic approach to such a theory as well as the corresponding Cauchy formalism are discussed. It is shown that in both formulations, the relevant equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Joris Vankerschaver , Frans Cantrijn , Manuel de Leon , David Martin de Diego

Preliminary results toward the analysis of the Hamiltonian structure of multifield theories describing complex materials are mustered: we involve the invariance under the action of a general Lie group of the balance of substructural…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gianfranco Capriz , Paolo Maria Mariano

We state a unified geometrical version of the variational principles for second-order classical field theories. The standard Lagrangian and Hamiltonian variational principles and the corresponding field equations are recovered from this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-28 Pedro Daniel Prieto-Martínez , Narciso Román-Roy

The standard Hamiltonian machinery, being applied to field theory, leads to infinite-dimensional phase spaces. It is not covariant. In this article, we present covariant finite-dimensional multimomentum Hamiltonian formalism for field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 G. Sardanashvily

We have obtained exact kink-like static plane-symmetric solutions to the self-consistent system of electromagnetic, scalar, and gravitational field equations. It was shown that under certain choice of the interaction Lagrangian the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-07 D. S. Kulyabov , Yu. P. Rybakov , G. N. Shikin , L. P. Yuschenko

Based on the principle of reparametrization invariance, the general structure of physically relevant classical matter systems is illuminated within the Lagrangian framework. In a straightforward way, the matter Lagrangian contains…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-23 V. G. Gueorguiev , Andre Maeder

We consider the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalism describing free \k-relativistic particles with their four-momenta constrained to the \k-deformed mass shell. We study the modifications of the formalism which follow from the introduction…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 J. Lukierski , H. Ruegg , W. J. Zakrzewski

A method to construct a geometric structure with the same solutions as a given variational principle is presented. The method applies to large families of variational principles. In particular, the known results that assign cosymplectic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Jordi Gaset Rifà

In this paper, we consider a geometric formalism for optimal control of underactuated mechanical systems. Our techniques are an adaptation of the classical Skinner and Rusk approach for the case of Lagrangian dynamics with higher-order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 L. Colombo , D. Martin de Diego , M. Zuccalli

We state the intrinsic form of the Hamiltonian equations of first-order Classical Field theories in three equivalent geometrical ways: using multivector fields, jet fields and connections. Thus, these equations are given in a form similar…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-11 A. Echeverría-Enríquez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Román-Roy

We consider the Hamiltonian constraint formulation of classical field theories, which treats spacetime and the space of fields symmetrically, and utilizes the concept of momentum multivector. The gauge field is introduced to compensate for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-05-04 Vaclav Zatloukal

In earlier works on Shape Dynamics (SD), a linear method of solving a particular set of Lichnerowicz-type equations through the implicit function theorem was developed in order to implicitly construct SD's global Hamiltonian and eliminate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-01-23 Henrique Gomes

I review the formalism, Feynman rules, and combinatorics that constrain a field to propagate ``classically", strictly in tree diagrams, either by itself, or interacting with other, purely quantum fields. The perturbation theory is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-03 Dimitrios Metaxas

The Hamiltonian formulation for the mechanical systems with reparametrization-invariant Lagrangians, depending on the worldline external curvatures is given, which is based on the use of moving frame. A complete sets of constraints are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Nersessian

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians provide an alternative perspective on the dynamics of quantum and classical systems coupled non-conservatively to an environment. Once primarily an interest of mathematical physicists, the theory of non-Hermitian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-20 Hilary M. Hurst , Benedetta Flebus

In $n$-dimensional classical field theory one studies maps from $n$-dimensional manifolds in such a way that classical mechanics is recovered for $n=1$. In previous papers we have shown that the standard polysymplectic framework in which…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Ronen Brilleslijper , Oliver Fabert

This paper presents a geometric description on Lie algebroids of Lagrangian systems subject to nonholonomic constraints. The Lie algebroid framework provides a natural generalization of classical tangent bundle geometry. We define the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-30 J. Cortes , M. de Leon , J. C. Marrero , E. Martinez