Classical mechanics with inequality constraints
Classical Physics
2023-04-25 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this paper we discuss mechanical systems with inequality constraints. We demonstrate how such constraints can be taken into account by proper modification of the action which describes the original unconstrained dynamics. To illustrate this approach we consider a harmonic oscillator in the model with limiting velocity. We compare the behavior of such an oscillator with the behavior of a relativistic oscillator and demonstrated that when an amplitude of the oscillator is large the properties of both type of oscillators are quite similar. We also briefly discuss inequality constraints which contain higher derivatives.
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@article{arxiv.2304.12179,
title = {Classical mechanics with inequality constraints},
author = {Andrei V. Frolov and Valeri P. Frolov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.12179},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
8 pages, 7 figures