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/