Invariant Euler - Lagrange equations and the invariant variational bicomplex

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-193

  Kogan, Irina A ^a   Olver, Peter J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Differential invariant; Euler Lagrange equation; Lie group; Moving frame; Variational bicomplex

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIFFERENTIAL INVARIANT;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037393424     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022993616247     Document Type: Article

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