An affine framework for analytical mechanics
Pawel Urbanski

TL;DR
This paper develops an affine Cartan calculus framework, introducing special affine bundles and duality, and establishes canonical isomorphisms crucial for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics in affine geometry.
Contribution
It introduces a novel affine Cartan calculus with special affine bundles and duality, providing foundational isomorphisms for affine mechanics formulations.
Findings
Established affine Cartan calculus framework.
Introduced special affine bundles and duality concepts.
Proved canonical isomorphisms for affine Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics.
Abstract
An affine Cartan calculus is developed. The concepts of special affine bundles and special affine duality are introduced. The canonical isomorphisms, fundamental for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of the dynamics in the affine setting are proved.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNonlinear Waves and Solitons · Numerical methods for differential equations · Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
