Lagrangian Geometrical Model of the Rheonomic Mechanical Systems

In this paper we study the rheonomic mechanical systems from the point of view of Lagrange geometry, by means of its canonical semispray. We present an example of the constraint motion of a material point, in the rheonomic case.

• Camelia Frigioiu
• Katica (Stevanovic) Hedrih
• Iulian Gabriel Birsan

• Lagrange's equations
• mechanical system
• non-linear connection
• rheonomic Lagrange space.

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