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Non-Smooth Geodesic Flows and Classical Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. E. Marsden
J. E. Marsden*
Affiliation:
Princeton University
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As is well known, there is an intimate connection between geodesic flows and Hamiltonian systems. In fact, if g is a Riemannian, or pseudo-Riemannian metric on a manifold M (we think of M as q-space or the configuration space), we may define a smooth function Tg on the cotangent bundle T*M (q-p-space, or the phase space). This function is the kinetic energy of q, and locally is given by

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Research Article
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1969 , pp. 209 - 212
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1969

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