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JetCalculus[TotalVector] - form the total part of a vector field

Calling Sequences

     TotalVector(X)

Parameters

     X    - a vector field or a generalized vector field on a fiber bundle

 

Description

Examples

Description

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Let be a fiber bundle, with base dimension  and fiber dimension  and let  be the -th jet bundle with jet coordinates , ..., . A total vector field on jet space is a vector field of the form  , where the coefficients are functions on the jet space  and  is the total vector field for the coordinate  , that is,

Total vector fields may be characterized intrinsically as generalized vector fields which annihilate all contact 1-forms. If is a generalized vector field on , then the total part is

  and the evolutionary part is

The prolongation of is the total vector field pr(.

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The command TotalVector is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-JetCalculus package.  It can be used in the form TotalVector(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry) and with(JetCalculus), but can always be used by executing DifferentialGeometry:-JetCalculus:-TotalVector(...).

Examples

 

Example 1.

Create the jet space  for the bundle with local coordinates. We calculate the total part of some vector fields.

 

Define a vector  and compute its total part.

E > 

(2.1)
E > 

(2.2)

 

The prolongation of tot(is the total derivativewith respect to

E > 

(2.3)

 

Define a vector and compute its total part.

E > 

(2.4)
E > 

(2.5)

 

Define a vector and compute its total part.

E > 

(2.6)
E > 

(2.7)

 

Example 2.

We show that the total part of a vector field annihilates the 1st order contact forms.

E > 

J33 > 

(2.8)
J33 > 

(2.9)

 

A total vector field always annihilates the first order contact 1-forms.

J33 > 

(2.10)
J33 > 

(2.11)

 

A vector field is always the sum of its total and evolutionary parts.

J33 > 

(2.12)
J33 > 

(2.13)

See Also

DifferentialGeometry

JetCalculus

EvolutionaryVector

Hook

Prolong

 


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