Variational principles for conformal geodesics
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DOI: 10.1007/s11005-021-01469-z
Abstract: Conformal geodesics are solutions to a system of third-order equations, which makes a Lagrangian formulation problematic. We show how enlarging the class of allowed variations leads to a variational formulation for this system with a… read more here.
Keywords: conformal geodesics; order; system; variational principles ... See more keywords