Symmetries and Constraints in Generalized Hamiltonian Dynamics

Sep, 1975
49 pages
Published in:
  • Annals Phys. 99 (1976) 408
Report number:
  • Print-76-0473 (BANGALORE)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A general analysis of symmetries and constraints for singular Lagrangian systems is given. It is shown that symmetry transformations can be expressed as canonical transformations in phase space, even for such systems. The relation of symmetries to generators, constraints, commutators, and Dirac brackets is clarified.