Covariant Hamiltonian formalism for the calculus of variations with several variables: Lepage-Dedecker versus de Donder-Weyl

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-601

  Hélein, Frédéric ^a   Kouneiher, Joseph ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE JUSSIEU   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 79551474926     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2004.v8.n3.a5     Document Type: Article

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