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Conservative dynamical systems involving strong forces. (English) Zbl 0276.58005

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 37J99 Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems 70G45 Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics
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