A new look at classical mechanics of constrained systems
Enrico Massa, Enrico Pagani (1997)
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W. Sarlet (1996)
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Yurij Yaremko (1997)
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Manuel de León, David Martín de Diego (1996)
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In this paper we present a geometrical formulation for Lagrangian systems subjected to non-holonomic constraints in terms of jet bundles. Cosymplectic geometry and almost product structures are used to obtained the constrained dynamics without using Lagrange multipliers method.
Manuel de León, David Martín de Diego (1996)
Extracta Mathematicae
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Given a Lagrangian system with non-holonomic constraints we construct an almost product structure on the tangent bundle of the configuration manifold such that the projection of the Euler-Lagrange vector field gives the dynamics of the system. In a degenerate case, we develop a constraint algorithm which determines a final constraint submanifold where a completely consistent dynamics of the initial system exists.