Symplectic Projector and The Physical Degrees of Freedom of The Classical Particle
Marco Antonio De Andrade, M.A. Couto dos Santos, Ion V. Vancea · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2003
The symplectic projector method is applied to derive the local physical degrees of freedom of a particle moving freely on an arbitrary surface. The dependence of the projector on the coordinates and momenta of the particle is discussed.