Geometric aspects of time-dependent singular differential equations

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 597-618

  Gràcia, Xavier ^a   Martín, Rubén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constrained system; Implicit differential equation; Jet bundle; Singular lagrangian; Time dependent system; Vector hull

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746305568     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887805000697     Document Type: Article

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