Divergences in formal variational calculus and boundary terms in Hamiltonian formalism
Volume 39 / 1997
Banach Center Publications 39 (1997), 373-388
DOI: 10.4064/-39-1-373-388
Abstract
It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.
