We deduce that all natural operators of the type of the Helmholtz map from the variational calculus in fibered manifolds are the constant multiples of the Helmholtz operator.
@article{107944, author = {W\l odzimierz M. Mikulski}, title = {On naturality of the Helmholtz operator}, journal = {Archivum Mathematicum}, volume = {041}, year = {2005}, pages = {145-149}, zbl = {1112.58004}, mrnumber = {2164663}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/107944} }
Mikulski, Włodzimierz M. On naturality of the Helmholtz operator. Archivum Mathematicum, Tome 041 (2005) pp. 145-149. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/107944/
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