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Functional approach vs jet approach to Lagrangian field theory

Context: I am a PhD student in theoretical physics with higher-than-average education on differential geometry. I am trying to understand Lagrangian and Hamiltonian field theories and related concepts …
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Surface terms in the calculus of variations on jet bundles

Let $\pi:N\rightarrow M$ be a fibered manifold with $m=\dim M$ and $m+n=\dim N$. The variational bicomplex on the infinite jet space $J^\infty(\pi)$ is denoted $(\Omega^{k,l}(\pi),\delta,\mathbf d)$ w …
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Precise definition of a linear total differential operator

In the works of A. M. Vinogradov on calculus on the infinite jet space, differential equations and "diffieties", a central notion is that of a $\mathcal C$-differential operator. If $\pi:Y\rightarrow …