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Representation of the Variational Sequence by Differential Forms
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Applicandae Mathematicae |
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| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | finite order variational sequence; differential forms; representation |
| Description | In the paper the representation of the finite order variational sequence on fibered manifolds in field theory is studied. The representation problem is completely solved by a generalization of the integration by parts procedure using the concept of Lie derivative of forms with respect to vector fields along canonial maps of prolongatios of fibered manifolds. A close relationship between the obtained coordinate invariant representation of the variational sequence and some familiar objects of physics, such as Lagrangians, dynamical forms, Euler-Lagrange mapping and Helmholtz-Sonin mapping is pointed out and illustrated by examples. |
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