On the higher order Hamilton theory in fibered spaces

2002/03/20 by Demeter Krupka
Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #math-ph #math.MP

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published as Proc. Conf. Diff. Geom. Appl., Nove Mesto na Morave, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 5-9, 1983 (J.E. Purkyne Univ., Brno, 1984) 167-184 · 15 pages, PDF only

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Abstract

In this paper we will be considering a basic geometric problem, the extension problem of classical Hamilton-Cartan variational theory to higher jet prolongations on fibered manifolds.

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