Geometric study of the connection between the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraints

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(87)90017-9zbMath0657.58012OpenAlexW1999917696MaRDI QIDQ1110870

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(87)90017-9

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian systemsLagrangian systemstangent and cotangent bundlesDirac constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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