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Divergences in formal variational calculus and boundary terms in Hamiltonian formalism

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  1. Institute for High Energy Physics 142 284, Protvino, Moscow region, Russia

Abstract

It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.

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Banach Center Publications
1997/39/1
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Pages:
373-388
Main language of publication
English
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences