On the Carathéodory Form in Higher-Order Variational Field Theory

The Carathéodory form of the calculus of variations belongs to the class of Lepage equivalents of first-order Lagrangians in field theory. Here, this equivalent is generalized for second- and higher-order Lagrangians by means of intrinsic geometric operations applied to the well-known Poincaré–Carta...

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Main Authors: Zbyněk Urban, Jana Volná
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/5/800