GENERALIZATION OF THE HAMILTON-JACOBI APPROACH FOR HIGHER-ORDER SINGULAR SYSTEMS

Authors
PIMENTEL BM TEIXEIRA RG
Citation
Bm. Pimentel et Rg. Teixeira, GENERALIZATION OF THE HAMILTON-JACOBI APPROACH FOR HIGHER-ORDER SINGULAR SYSTEMS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical a, 113(6), 1998, pp. 805-817
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical a
ISSN journal
11241888 → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
805 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1888(1998)113:6<805:GOTHAF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We generalize the Hamilton-Jacobi formulation for higher-order singula r systems and obtain the equations of motion as total differential equ ations. To do this we first study the constraints structure present in such systems.