Lie Algebroid generalization of geometric mechanics
Volume 54 / 2001
Banach Center Publications 54 (2001), 201-215
MSC: Primary 81S10; Secondary 58H05.
DOI: 10.4064/bc54-0-11
Abstract
Some recent progress in the geometric foundations of mechanics in Lie algebroids, and in particular in Lagrangian mechanics, is reported. We also develop the variational approach to classical mechanics in Lie algebroids.
