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This is an English translation of a paper by Władysław Ślebodziński, first published in French in 1931, in which he introduced the general definition of what is today called the Lie derivative of tensors (strangely enough, he gave no name to this object). The paper has been selected by the Editors of General Relativity and Gravitation for re-publication in the Golden Oldies series of the journal. This republication is accompanied by an editorial note written by Andrzej Trautman and Ślebodziński’s brief biography written by Witold Roter.
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Editorial responsibility: A. Krasiński, e-mail: akr@camk.edu.pl.
An editorial note to this paper and a biography can be found in this issue preceding this Golden Oldie and online via doi:10.1007/s10714-010-1056-7.
Original paper: Władysław Ślebodziński, “Sur les équations canoniques de Hamilton”, Bulletins de la Classe des Sciences, Acad. Royale de Belg. (5) 17, 864–870 (1931). Reprinted with the kind permission of the Académie Royale de Belgique. Translated by Marie-Noëlle Célérier, Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH), Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris-Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France, e-mail: marie-noelle.celerier@obspm.fr.
W. Ślebodziński Deceased January 3, 1972
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Ślebodziński, W. Republication of: On Hamilton’s canonical equations. Gen Relativ Gravit 42, 2529–2535 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1057-6
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