Constrained Dynamical Systems: Separation of Constraints into First and Second Classes
N. P. Chitaia, S. A. Gogilidze, Yu. S. Surovtsev · arXiv (Cornell University) · 1997
In the Dirac approach to the generalized Hamiltonian formalism, dynamical systems with first- and second-class constraints are investigated. The classification and separation of constraints into the first- and second-class ones are presented with the help of passing to an equivalent canonical set of constraints. The general structure of second-class constraints is clarified.