Abstract
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.
- Received 23 September 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1135
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