Skinner-Rusk approach to time-dependent mechanics

Jorge Cortés, Sonia Martínez and Frans Cantrijn
Physics Letters A, 300 (2/3) (2002), 250-258

Abstract:

The geometric approach to autonomous classical mechanical systems in terms of a canonical first-order system on the Whitney sum of the tangent and cotangent bundle, developed by R. Skinner and R. Rusk, is extended to the time-dependent framework.

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Bib-tex entry:

@article{JC-SM-FC:02,
author = {J. Cort\'es and S. Mart{/'/i}nez and F. Cantrijn},
title = {Skinner-Rusk approach to time-dependent mechanics},
journal= {Physics Letters A},
volume = 300,
number = 2/3,
year = 2002,
pages = {250--258}
}