Multisymplectic Formulation Research Articles

Quasilinear Hamiltonian systems

SynopsisWe consider quasilinear systems of 2N partial differential equations with 2N unknown functions depending on n + 1 variables as evolution systems on the space L2(Rn, RN) × L2(Rns, RN) endowed with a symplectic form induced by the standard scalar product on L2(Rn, RN). The necessary and sufficient conditions for such a system to be a Hamiltonian system are derived. The main purpose of this paper is to propose a straightforward link between the symplectic approach formulated by Chernoff, Hughes and Marsden and the multisymplectic formulations of evolution systems created by Kijowski and developed by Gawedzki and Kondracki. A general method of constructing the multisymplectic form and the Hamiltonian form for these systems is given.

Gauge group, degeneration, and degrees of freedom in the ECSK theory of gravity. I. The symplectic structure of the ECSK theory

This paper is the first of a two-article series in which the connections between the gauge group, degeneration, and degrees of freedom in the ECSK theory coupled to an arbitrary tensor field are discussed. In this paper a multisymplectic formulation of the ECSK theory is presented and the symplectic 2-formω, which plays a leading role in our considerations, is found.

On the geometrization of the canonical formalism in the classical field theory

The Poisson bracket definition in the multisymplectic formulation of an arbitrary non-linear classical field theory is dealt with. The Poisson brackets of physical quantities related to a given space-like 3-dimensional surface are defined. For the linear case the definition is equivalent to the one of [5].