A Note on Non-Locality and Ostrogradski's Construction

2000/07/24 by Klaus Bering, K. Bering, Bering, K.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0007192

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Abstract

We consider the Hamiltonian treatment of non-local theories and Ostrogradski's formalism. This has recently also been discussed by Woodard (hep-th/0006207) and by Gomis, Kamimura and Llosa (hep-th/0006235). In our approach we recast the second class constraints into first class constraints and invoke the boundary Poisson bracket.

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