Contact mechanics

Goal: Understand the geometric formulation of contact mechanichs, its
physics applications and its basic theoretical problems. Understand
the basic theory of contact structures and contact transformations.

Supervisor: Katarjina Grabowska

References:

1. K. Grabowska, J. Grabowski, A geometric approach to contact
Hamiltonians and contact Hamilton-Jacobi theory, Journal of Physics A:
Mathematical and Theoretical, Volume 55, Number 43

2. Manuel Lainz Valcázar, Contact Hamiltonian Systems, PhD thesis

3. Xavier Rivas Guijarro, Geometrical aspects of connact mechanical
systems and field theories, PhD thesis