Phase space geometry for constrained lagrangian systems
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We study geometry of the phase space for finite dimensional dynamical systems with degenerate Lagrangians. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraint formalisms are treated as the different local-coordinate pictures of the same invariant procedure. The invariant description is given in terms of geometrical objects associated with the structure of foliation on the phase space.
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تاریخ انتشار 1998