%0 Journal Article
%T Higher Derivatives and Canonical Formalism
%A Shinji HAMAMOTO
%J Physics
%D 1995
%I arXiv
%X A canonical formalism for higher-derivative theories is presented on the basis of Dirac's method for constrained systems. It is shown that this formalism shares a path integral expression with Ostrogradski's canonical formalism.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9503177v1