David J. Saunders - Jets and the variational calculus

cm:9523 - Communications in Mathematics, April 30, 2021, Volume 29 (2021), Issue 1 (Special Issue: Ostrava Mathematical Seminar) - https://doi.org/10.2478/cm-2021-0004
Jets and the variational calculusArticle

Authors: David J. Saunders


We review the approach to the calculus of variations using Ehresmann’s theory of jets. We describe different types of jet manifold, different types of variational problem and different cohomological structures associated with such problems.

https://doi.org/10.2478/cm-2021-0004
Source: HAL:hal-03665014v1
Volume: Volume 29 (2021), Issue 1 (Special Issue: Ostrava Mathematical Seminar)
Published on: April 30, 2021
Imported on: May 11, 2022
Keywords: [MATH]Mathematics [math]
Licence: Attribution-Non Commercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

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