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This monograph is devoted to the problem of the geometrizing of Lagrangians which depend on higher-order accelerations. It presents a construction of the geometry of the total space of the bundle of the accelerations of order k>=1. A geometrical study of the notion of the higher-order Lagrange space is conducted, and the old problem of prolongation of Riemannian spaces to k-osculator manifolds is solved. Also, the geometrical ground for variational calculus on the integral of actions involving higher-order Lagrangians is dealt with. Applications to higher-order analytical mechanics and theoretical physics are included as well. Audience: This volume will be of interest to scientists whose work involves differential geometry, mechanics of particles and systems, calculus of variation and optimal control, optimization, optics, electromagnetic theory, and biology.

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Author:   R. Miron
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   82
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.934kg
ISBN:  

9789048147892

ISBN 10:   9048147891
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   04 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Lagrange Spaces of Order 1. 2. The Geometry of 2-Osculator Bundle. 3. N-Linear Connections. 4. Lagrangians of Second Order. Variational Problem. Nöther Type Theorems. 5. Second Order Lagrange Spaces. 6. Geometry of the k-Osculator Bundle. 7. Linear Connections of OsckM. 8. Lagrangians of Order k. Applications to Higher-Order Analytical Mechanics. 9. Prolongation of the Riemannian, Finslerian and Lagrangian Structures to the k-Osculator Bundle. 10. Higher Order Lagrange Spaces. 11. Subspaces in Higher Order Lagrange Spaces. 12. Gauge Theory in the Higher Order Lagrange Spaces. References. Index.

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