Premium
Higher Derivative versus Second Order Field Equations
Author(s) -
MüllerHoissen F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19915030806
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , order (exchange) , derivative (finance) , physics , field equation , second derivative , mathematical physics , time derivative , work (physics) , mathematics , theoretical physics , quantum electrodynamics , statistical physics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , finance , financial economics , economics
The first part of this work reviews problems of (particle and field) theories with higher than second time derivatives. The second part gives an overview about the known results concerning the structure of bosonic field theories with at most second order equations.