Affine connections and distributions with applications to nonholonomic mechanics

Reports on Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-164

  Lewis, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affine connections; Distributions; Geodesic invariance; Symmetric product

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032134149     PISSN: 00344877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0034-4877(98)80008-6     Document Type: Article

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