The variational sequence on finite jet bundle extensions and the lagrangian formalism

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-77

  Grigore, Dan Radu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fock spaces; Jet bundles; Lagrangean formalism; Variational sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032622946     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(98)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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