A geometric approach to constrained mechanical systems, symmetries and inverse problems

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 31, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 8233-8245

  Morando, Paola ^a   Vignolo, Stefano ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 0032500487     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/31/40/015     Document Type: Article

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