On the $k$-symplectic, $k$-cosymplectic andmultisymplectic formalisms of classical field theories

Narciso Román-Roy; Ángel M. Rey; Modesto Salgado; Silvia Vilariño

doi:10.3934/jgm.2011.3.113

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On the $k$-symplectic, $k$-cosymplectic and multisymplectic formalisms of classical field theories

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Departamento de Matemática Aplicada IV. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech., Edificio C-3, Campus Norte UPC, C/ Jordi Girona 1. 08034 Barcelona
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Departamento de Xeometría e Topoloxía. Facultade de Matemáticas,, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela., 15706-Santiago de Compostela
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Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña. 15071-A Coruña

Received: October 2010

Revised: March 2011

Published online: April 2011

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The objective of this work is twofold: First, we analyze the relation between the $k$-cosymplectic and the $k$-symplectic Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms in classical field theories. In particular, we prove the equivalence between $k$-symplectic field theories and the so-called autonomous $k$-cosymplectic field theories, extending in this way the description of the symplectic formalism of autonomous systems as a particular case of the cosymplectic formalism in non-autonomous mechanics. Furthermore, we clarify some aspects of the geometric character of the solutions to the Hamilton-de Donder-Weyl and the Euler-Lagrange equations in these formalisms. Second, we study the equivalence between $k$-cosymplectic and a particular kind of multisymplectic Hamiltonian and Lagrangian field theories (those where the configuration bundle of the theory is trivial).

Keywords:

$k$-Symplectic manifolds,
$k$-cosymplectic manifolds,
multisymplectic manifolds,
Hamiltonian and Lagrangian field theories.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 70S05, 53D05, 53D10.

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