Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The formulation of covariant brackets on the space of solutions to a variational problem is analyzed in the framework of contact geometry. It is argued that the Poisson algebra on the space of functionals on fields should be read as a Poisson subalgebra within an algebra of functions equipped with a Jacobi bracket on a suitable contact manifold.
Source: Modern Physics Letters A
Authors: F. M. Ciaglia, F. Di Cosmo, A. Ibort, G. Marmo, L. Schiavone
Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, University of Naples Federico II
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3022974860