The constraint algorithm in the jet formalism

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-300

  De León, Manuel ^a   Marín Solano, Jesús ^b   Marrero, Juan C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS Y FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affine Lagrangians; Constraints; Degenerate non autonomous lagrangians; Jet formalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030240139     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-2245(96)82423-5     Document Type: Article

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