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We present a geometric Lagrangian formulation for first-order field theories with dissipation. This formulation is based on the $k$-contact geometry introduced in a previous paper, and gathers contact Lagrangian mechanics with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Jordi Gaset , Xavier Gràcia , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

In previous papers, a geometric framework has been developed to describe non-conservative field theories as a kind of modified Lagrangian and Hamiltonian field theories. This approach is that of $k$-contact Hamiltonian systems, which is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Xavier Gràcia , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

Many important theories in modern physics can be stated using differential geometry. Symplectic geometry is the natural framework to deal with autonomous Hamiltonian mechanics. This admits several generalizations for nonautonomous systems,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Xavier Rivas Guijarro

We develop a new geometric framework suitable for dealing with Hamiltonian field theories with dissipation. To this end we define the notions of $k$-contact structure and $k$-contact Hamiltonian system. This is a generalization of both the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-25 Jordi Gaset , Xavier Gràcia , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

Contact geometry allows to describe some thermodynamic and dissipative systems. In this paper we introduce a new geometric structure in order to describe time-dependent contact systems: cocontact manifolds. Within this setting we develop…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-27 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset , Xavier Gràcia , Miguel Carlos Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas

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 work presents a comprehensive overview of three recently developed geometric frameworks for the study of classical action-dependent field theories. Specifically, the three underlying geometric structures - namely, k-contact,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Jordi Gaset-Rifà , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

In this paper we extend the geometric formalism of the Hamilton-Jacobi theory for time dependent Mechanics to the case of classical field theories in the k-cosymplectic framework.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-22 M. de León , S. Vilariño

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

A new geometric framework is developed to describe non-conservative classical field theories, which is based on multisymplectic and contact geometries. Assuming certain additional conditions and using the forms that define this multicontact…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset , Miguel Carlos Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

Systems of partial differential equations which appear in classical field theories can be studied geometrically using different geometrical structures, for example, k-symplectic geometry, k-cosymplectic geometry, multisymplectic geometry,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 S. Vilariño

We describe an algebraic approach to the time-dependent noncommutative geometry of a six-dimensional Cahen-Wallach pp-wave string background supported by a constant Neveu-Schwarz flux, and develop a general formalism to construct and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Sam Halliday , Richard J. Szabo

Action-dependent field theories are systems where the Lagrangian or Hamiltonian depends on new variables that encode the action. They model a larger class of field theories, including non-conservative behavior, while maintaining a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-01 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset Rifà , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

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

The aim of this paper is to develop a constraint algorithm for singular classical field theories in the framework of $k$-cosymplectic geometry. Since these field theories are singular, we need to introduce the notion of $k$-precosymplectic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Xavier Gràcia , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

It is well known that k-contact geometry is a suitable framework to deal with non-conservative field theories. In this paper, we study some relations between solutions of the k-contact Euler-Lagrange equations, symmetries, dissipation laws…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-04-04 Xavier Rivas , Modesto Salgado , Silvia Souto

In this paper, we apply the geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory to obtain solutions of classical hamiltonian systems that are either compatible with a cosymplectic or a contact structure. As it is well known, the first structure plays a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 M. de León , C. Sardón

We generalise the theories of cosymplectic, contact, and cocontact manifolds to the infinite-dimensional setting and calculate model examples of time-dependent and dissipative Hamiltonian systems.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Fraser Aidan Kelvin Sanders

We study the practical scope of the $k$-contact Hamilton--De Donder--Weyl formalism as a geometric framework for dissipative field equations. In particular, our work focuses on canonical $k$-contact manifolds on $\bigoplus^k {\rm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 J. de Lucas , J. Lange , M. Krych

A $k$-symplectic framework for classical field theories subject to nonholonomic constraints is presented. If the constrained problem is regular one can construct a projection operator such that the solutions of the constrained problem are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. de Leon , D. Martin de Diego , M. Salgado , S. Vilariño
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