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# Reduction of invariant constrained systems using anholonomic frames

• We analyze two reduction methods for nonholonomic systems that are invariant under the action of a Lie group on the configuration space. Our approach for obtaining the reduced equations is entirely based on the observation that the dynamics can be represented by a second-order differential equations vector field and that in both cases the reduced dynamics can be described by expressing that vector field in terms of an appropriately chosen anholonomic frame.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34A26, 37J60, 70G45, 70H03.

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