On the geometry of non-holonomic Lagrangian systems

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3389-3414

  De León, Manuel ^a   De Diego, David M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS Y FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0030557066     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.531571     Document Type: Article

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