Some geometric aspects of variational calculus in constrained systems

Reports on Mathematical Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-148

  Gràcia, Xavier ^a   Marín Solano, Jesús ^b   Muñoz Lecanda, Miguel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraint; Nonholonomic mechanics; Optimal control; Vakomomic mechanics; Variational calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041704864     PISSN: 00344877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4877(03)80006-X     Document Type: Article

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