Trivial Lagrangians in field theory

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(98)00023-0zbMath0932.58024WikidataQ115337474 ScholiaQ115337474MaRDI QIDQ1295473

Jana Musilová, Demeter Krupka

Publication date: 22 September 1999

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

field theoryfibered manifoldstrivial Lagrangians

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Jets in global analysis (58A20) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)

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