Euler-Poincaré reduction on principal bundles

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-180

  Castrillon Lopez M ^a   Garcia Perez P L ^b   Ratiu, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Equations; Euler Poincar ; Reconstruction; Reduction; Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040160642     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013303320765     Document Type: Article

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