The differential invariants of particle Lagrangians under equivalence by contact transformations

DOI10.1216/rmjm/1181072118zbMath0857.53010OpenAlexW2039754813MaRDI QIDQ1915763

Michael D. Sutton

Publication date: 9 March 1997

Published in: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://math.la.asu.edu/~rmmc/rmj/VOL26-1/contents/contents.htm

zbMATH Keywords

contact transformationsFinsler geometrylocal differential invariantsCartan method of equivalenceparticle Lagrangians

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Differential invariants (local theory), geometric objects (53A55) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99) Existence theories for free problems in one independent variable (49J05)

Cites Work

• Equivalence problems for first order Lagrangians on the line
• Exterior differential systems and the calculus of variations
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