A Hamiltonian formalism for general variational problems, with applications to first order gravity with basis

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Main Authors: Quijón, Guadalupe, Capriotti, Santiago
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author Quijón, Guadalupe
Capriotti, Santiago
author_facet Quijón, Guadalupe
Capriotti, Santiago
contents The present article introduces a generalization of the (multisymplectic) Hamiltonian field theory for a Lagrangian density, allowing the formulation of this kind of field theories for variational problem of more general nature than those associated to a classical variational problem. It is achieved by realizing that the usual construction of the Hamiltonian equations can be performed without the use of the so called Hamiltonian section, whose existence is problematic when general variational problems are considered. The developed formalism is applied to obtain a novel multisymplectic Hamiltonian field theory for a first order formulation of gravity with basis in the full frame bundle. Also, aspects of a constraint algorithm in this generalized setting are discussed.
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spellingShingle A Hamiltonian formalism for general variational problems, with applications to first order gravity with basis
Quijón, Guadalupe
Capriotti, Santiago
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
53Z05, 70H05, 70H50, 58A15
The present article introduces a generalization of the (multisymplectic) Hamiltonian field theory for a Lagrangian density, allowing the formulation of this kind of field theories for variational problem of more general nature than those associated to a classical variational problem. It is achieved by realizing that the usual construction of the Hamiltonian equations can be performed without the use of the so called Hamiltonian section, whose existence is problematic when general variational problems are considered. The developed formalism is applied to obtain a novel multisymplectic Hamiltonian field theory for a first order formulation of gravity with basis in the full frame bundle. Also, aspects of a constraint algorithm in this generalized setting are discussed.
title A Hamiltonian formalism for general variational problems, with applications to first order gravity with basis
topic Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
53Z05, 70H05, 70H50, 58A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03991