Multicontact formulation for non-conservative field theories
Abstract
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 structure, as well as other geometric elements that are derived from them, we can introduce variational field equations in the multicontact manifolds. These equations are stated using different geometric tools; namely, sections, multivector fields and Ehresmann connections in fiber bundles. Then, this framework can be adapted to the jet bundle description of classical field theories and the field equations are stated both in the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formalisms, which are discussed in the regular and the singular cases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.08918,
title = {Multicontact formulation for non-conservative field theories},
author = {Manuel de León and Jordi Gaset and Miguel Carlos Muñoz-Lecanda and Xavier Rivas and Narciso Román-Roy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.08918},
year = {2023}
}
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44 pp