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Field theories: reduction, constraints and variational integrators

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The goal of this short note is to show the constrained nature of the set of variations and the set of admissible sections of the Euler–Poincaré reduction scheme for field theories in both the continuous formalism and in a discrete model.

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Castrillón López, M. Field theories: reduction, constraints and variational integrators. RACSAM 106, 67–74 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-011-0020-z

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