The polysymplectic Hamiltonian formalism in field theory and calculus of variations I: The local case

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 23-53

  Günther, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84972525384     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214440723     Document Type: Article

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