A new presymplectic geometrical framework for time-dependent Lagrangian systems: The constraint algorithm and the second-order differential equation problem

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 33, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 5117-5135

  Vignolo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034697930     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/33/28/314     Document Type: Article

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