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- Title
Geodesic and Newtonian Vector Fields and Symmetries of Mechanical Systems.
- Authors
Cariñena, José F.; Muñoz-Lecanda, Miguel-C.
- Abstract
Geodesic vector fields and other distinguished vector fields on a Riemann manifold were used in the study of free motions on such a manifold, and we applied the geometric Hamilton–Jacobi theory for the search of geodesic vector fields from Hamilton–Jacobi vector fields and the same for closed vector fields. These properties were appropriately extended to the framework of Newtonian and generalised Newtonian systems, in particular systems defined by Lagrangians of the mechanical type and velocity-dependent forces. Conserved quantities and a generalised concept of symmetry were developed, particularly for Killing vector fields. Nonholonomic constrained Newtonian systems were also analysed from this perspective, as well as the relation among Newtonian vector fields and Hamilton–Jacobi equations for conformally related metrics.
- Subjects
VECTOR fields; HAMILTON-Jacobi equations; CONSERVED quantity; SEARCH theory; GEODESICS; SYMMETRY
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 1, p181
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym15010181