Serge Preston

Non-commuting Variations in Mathematics and Physics

A Survey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text presentsand studies the method of so -called noncommuting variations in VariationalCalculus. This methodwas pioneered by Vito Volterra whonoticed that the conventional Euler-Lagrange (EL-) equations are not applicable in Non-Holonomic Mechanicsand suggested to modify the basic ruleused in Variational Calculus. This book presents a survey of VariationalCalculus with non-commutative variations and shows that most basic properties of conventional Euler-LagrangeEquations are, with somemodifications, preserved for EL-equations with K-twisted (defined by K)-variations.

Most of thebook can be understood by readers without strong mathematical preparation (someknowledge of Differential Geometry is necessary). In order to make the text more accessible thedefinitions and several necessary results in Geometry are presented separatelyin Appendices I and II Furthermore inAppendix III a short presentation of the Noether Theoremdescribing the relation between thesymmetries of the differential equationswith dissipation and corresponding s balance laws is presented.

Produktdetails

• Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-28321-0
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9783319283210
• ISBN-10: 3319283219
• Artikelnr.: 44169048

Inhaltsangabe

Basics of the Lagrangian FieldTheory.- Lagrangian Field Theory with the Non-commuting (NC)Variations.- Vertical Connections in the Congurational Bundle and theNCvariations.- K-twisted Prolongations and -symmetries (by Works ofMuriel,Romero.- Applications: Holonomic and Non-Holonomic Mechanics,H.KleinertAction Principle, Uniform Materials,and the Dissipative Potentials.- Material Time,NC-variations and the Material Aging.- Fiber Bundles and Their GeometricalStructures, Absolute Parallelism.- Jet Bundles, Contact Structures andConnections on Jet Bundles.- Lie Groups Actions on the Jet Bundles and theSystems of Differential Equations.

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Basics of the Lagrangian Field Theory.- Lagrangian Field Theory with the Non-commuting (NC) Variations.- Vertical Connections in the Congurational Bundle and the NCvariations.- K-twisted Prolongations and -symmetries (by Works of Muriel,Romero.- Applications: Holonomic and Non-Holonomic Mechanics,H.KleinertAction Principle, Uniform Materials,and the Dissipative Potentials.- Material Time, NC-variations and the Material Aging.- Fiber Bundles and Their Geometrical Structures, Absolute Parallelism.- Jet Bundles, Contact Structures and Connections on Jet Bundles.- Lie Groups Actions on the Jet Bundles and the Systems of Differential Equations.