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On the inverse variational problem in nonholonomic mechanics
Communications in Mathematics, Tome 20 (2012) no. 1, pp. 41-62

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The inverse problem of the calculus of variations in a nonholonomic setting is studied. The concept of constraint variationality is introduced on the basis of a recently discovered nonholonomic variational principle. Variational properties of first order mechanical systems with general nonholonomic constraints are studied. It is shown that constraint variationality is equivalent with the existence of a closed representative in the class of 2-forms determining the nonholonomic system. Together with the recently found constraint Helmholtz conditions this result completes basic geometric properties of constraint variational systems. A few examples of constraint variational systems are discussed.
Classification : 49N45, 58E30, 70F25
Keywords: inverse problem of the calculus of variations; Helmholtz conditions; nonholonomic constraints; the nonholonomic variational principle; constraint Euler-Lagrange equations; constraint Helmholtz conditions; constraint Lagrangian; constraint ballistic motion; relativistic particle 
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Rossi, Olga; Musilová, Jana. On the inverse variational problem in nonholonomic mechanics. Communications in Mathematics, Tome 20 (2012) no. 1, pp. 41-62. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/COMIM_2012__20_1_a5/