Balance Systems and the Variational Bicomplex
In this work we show that the systems of balance equations (balance systems) of continuum thermodynamics occupy a natural place in the variational bicomplex formalism. We apply the vertical homotopy decomposition to get a local splitting (in a convenient domain) of a general balance system as the su...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Academy of Science of Ukraine
2011-07-01
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Series: | Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2011.063 |