Divergences in formal variational calculus and boundary terms in Hamiltonian formalism
Soloviev, Vladimir
Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997), p. 373-388 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library
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It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.

Publié le : 1997-01-01
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Soloviev, Vladimir. Divergences in formal variational calculus and boundary terms in Hamiltonian formalism. Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 373-388. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv39z1p373bwm/

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