Bøger i Atlantis Studies in Variational Geometry serien

Introduction to Global Variational Geometry

The Inverse Problem of the Calculus of Variations

It presents applications in such area's as non-relativistic mechanics, gauge theory, gravitation theory and topological field theory with emphasis on energy and energy-momentum conservation laws.

In this book we first review the ideas of Lie groupoid and Lie algebroid, and the associated concepts of connection.