Non-holonomic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics: An intrinsic approach

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 2002, Pages 6713-6742

  Massa, Enrico ^a   Vignolo, Stefano ^a   Bruno, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 0037047566     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/31/313     Document Type: Article

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