Ostrogradski's theorem for higher-order singular Lagrangians

DOI10.1007/BF00401583zbMath0688.70010OpenAlexW1982637750MaRDI QIDQ1264010

Josep M. Pons

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00401583

zbMATH Keywords

constrained systemssingular LagrangiansHamilton-Dirac equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Canonical and symplectic transformations for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H15)

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• Generalized Hamiltonian dynamics
• Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraints for second-order singular Lagrangians
• Equivalence between the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism for constrained systems
• Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics

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