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Higher-order mechanical systems with constraints

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We extend Weber's approach for mechanical systems with constraints in terms of differential-geometric structures underlying higher-order tangent bundles.

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  1. Unidad de Matemáticas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 123, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Manuel de León

  2. Departamento de Geometria, Instituto de Matematica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24020, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

    Paulo R. Rodrigues

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de León, M., Rodrigues, P.R. Higher-order mechanical systems with constraints. Int J Theor Phys 31, 1303–1313 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00673930

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