Variational principles for locally variational forms

DOI10.1063/1.1901323zbMath1110.58011OpenAlexW1966596578MaRDI QIDQ3438412

J. Brajerčík, Demeter Krupka

Publication date: 16 May 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/6e69e3c011fc69df161c01a0f055fb74c3982b4a

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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