Finite order variational bicomplexes

DOI10.1017/S0305004198002837zbMath0927.58008WikidataQ57555756 ScholiaQ57555756MaRDI QIDQ4238764

Raffaele Vitolo

Publication date: 13 December 1999

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

variational sequencefinite order jet spacesminimal order Lagrangiansheaves of formsvariational Euler-Lagrange morphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

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