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Publications and source records attributed to Wlodzimierz Tulczyjew.
The principle of virtual work for dissipative systems is stated. Partially controlled systems are discussed and the concept of a generating families of forms is introduced. The notion of a critical point of a family of convex forms is introduced and discussed. A number of examples is given.
Jets of mappings introduced by Ehresmann are still the most useful objects for formulating geometric frameworks of physical theories. We are proposing modifications designed to make jet theory less dependent on local coordinates. Extensions of the theory with applications to the calculus of variations and mechanics are also proposed.