Reduction of Primary Constraints in Generally Covariant Field Theories
- 1 August 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 111 (3), 965-966
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.111.965
Abstract
Generally covariant field theories have associated with them, in the canonical formalism, a series of primary and secondary constraints. For a large class of these theories it is proven that there exists a transformation which will reduce the primary constraints to the form of a set of momenta equal to zero. The transformation which accomplishes this reduction is exhibited explicity for the case of general relativity.Keywords
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