Reduction in principal bundles: Covariant Lagrange-Poincaré equations

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-250

  Castrillon Lopez M ^a   Ratiu, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0038468731     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-003-0797-5     Document Type: Article

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