Towards \(F=ma\) in a general setting for Lagrangian mechanics

DOI10.1007/s000230050007zbMath0969.70014OpenAlexW2013291269MaRDI QIDQ1588819

Andrew D. Lewis

Publication date: 4 December 2000

Published in: Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s000230050007

zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationsLagrangian mechanicsCartan two-formdisk rolling on planeEuler-Lagrange 2-forcefirst contact systemgeneralized inertial forcejet formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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