Some properties of constraints in theories with degenerate Lagrangians

DOI10.1007/BF01017038zbMath0582.70021OpenAlexW2087176388MaRDI QIDQ1068568

B. George

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01017038

zbMATH Keywords

existencesecond-class constraintslinear differential operatorscanonical Hamiltonianfirst-class constraintsNoether's theoremfinite number of degrees of freedomLagrangian constraintsinvariance of the actionPoisson brackets of primary constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-body problems (70F10) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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Geometric study of the connection between the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraints, The constraint algorithm for time-dependent Lagrangians, Origin of the Lagrangian constraints and their relation with the Hamiltonian formulation

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