Abstract In this paper we present the variational equations of constrained Birkhoffian systems and study their solution. It is proven that, under some conditions, a particular solution of variational equations can be obtained by using a first integral. At the end of the paper, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.
Received: 27 October 2001
Revised: 26 December 2001
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 19972010), and the "Qing Lan" Project Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China.
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Zhang Yi (张毅) Construction of the solution of variational equations for constrained Birkhoffian systems 2002 Chinese Physics 11 437
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