Abstract

We show that a second order differential equation, when represented as a vector field on TQ or T ∗Q , may admit alternative Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions. When Q is in addition a Lie group, the bundle may be a double Lie group; in this case we find group-valued constants of motion.

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