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Title
A generalization of Chaplygin's reducibility theorem
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Abstract
In this paper we study Chaplygin's Reducibility Theorem and extend its applicability to nonholonomic systems with symmetry described by the Hamilton-Poincare-d'Alembert equations in arbitrary degrees of freedom. As special cases we extract the extension of the Theorem to nonholonomic Chaplygin systems with nonabelian symmetry groups as well as Euler-Poincare-Suslov systems in arbitrary degrees of freedom. In the latter case, we also extend the Hamiltonization Theorem to nonholonomic systems which do not possess an invariant measure. Lastly, we extend previous work on conditionally variational systems using the results above. We illustrate the results through various examples of well-known nonholonomic systems.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Regular and Chaotic Dynamics
Publication
2009
ISSN
1560-3547
DOI
10.1134/S1560354709060033
Volume/pages
14 :6 (2009) , p. 635-655
ISI
000274740100003
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UAntwerpen
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Web of Science
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