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Main Authors: Hu, Jiawei, Stern, Ari
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00579
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author Hu, Jiawei
Stern, Ari
author_facet Hu, Jiawei
Stern, Ari
contents We develop a new, coordinate-free formulation of Hamiltonian mechanics on the dual of a Lie algebroid. Our approach uses a connection, rather than coordinates in a local trivialization, to obtain global expressions for the horizontal and vertical dynamics. We show that these dynamics can be obtained in two equivalent ways: (1) using the canonical Lie-Poisson structure, expressed in terms of the connection; or (2) using a novel variational principle that generalizes Hamilton's phase space principle.
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spellingShingle Hamiltonian mechanics and Lie algebroid connections
Hu, Jiawei
Stern, Ari
Symplectic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
53D17
We develop a new, coordinate-free formulation of Hamiltonian mechanics on the dual of a Lie algebroid. Our approach uses a connection, rather than coordinates in a local trivialization, to obtain global expressions for the horizontal and vertical dynamics. We show that these dynamics can be obtained in two equivalent ways: (1) using the canonical Lie-Poisson structure, expressed in terms of the connection; or (2) using a novel variational principle that generalizes Hamilton's phase space principle.
title Hamiltonian mechanics and Lie algebroid connections
topic Symplectic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
53D17
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00579