It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.
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Soloviev, V. (1997). Divergences in formal variational calculus and boundary terms in Hamiltonian formalism. Banach Center Publications, 39(1), 373–388. https://doi.org/10.4064/-39-1-373-388
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