The Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formalism for higher-order field theories

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2010.02.003zbMath1208.70027arXiv0905.4580OpenAlexW2108143022MaRDI QIDQ974398

Luca Vitagliano

Publication date: 2 June 2010

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4580

zbMATH Keywords

jet spacesLegendre transformationmultisymplectic formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50)

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