Published November 7, 1996 | Version v1
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Time-dependent constrained Hamiltonian systems and Dirac brackets

  • 1. Instituto de Matematicas y Fisica Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Matematica Fundamental, Facultad de Matematicas, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
  • 3. Departamento de Economia Aplicada Cuantitativa, Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales, UNED, Madrid (Spain)

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In this paper the canonical Dirac formalism for time-dependent constrained Hamiltonian systems is globalized. A time-dependent Dirac bracket which reduces to the usual one for time-independent systems is introduced. (author)

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Available online at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 4361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 6843-6859
ISSN
0305-4470