In this paper we present a geometrical formulation for Lagrangian systems subjected to non-holonomic constraints in terms of jet bundles. Cosymplectic geometry and almost product structures are used to obtained the constrained dynamics without using Lagrange multipliers method.
@article{urn:eudml:doc:38479,
title = {Non-holonomic mechanical systems in jet bundles.},
journal = {Extracta Mathematicae},
volume = {11},
year = {1996},
pages = {127-139},
mrnumber = {MR1424750},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:38479}
}
León, Manuel de; Martín de Diego, David. Non-holonomic mechanical systems in jet bundles.. Extracta Mathematicae, Tome 11 (1996) pp. 127-139. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/urn:eudml:doc:38479/