Reducible second-class constraints of order L: An irreducible approach Original Research Article

An irreducible canonical approach to second-class constraints reducible of an arbitrary order is given. This method generalizes our previous results from [C. Bizdadea, A. Constantin, S.O. Saliu, Europhys. Lett. 50 (2000) 169; C. Bizdadea, E.M. Cioroianu, S.O. Saliu, S.C. Sǎraru, O. Bǎluş, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 (2007) 14537] for first- and respectively second-order reducible second-class constraints. The general procedure is illustrated on Abelian gauge-fixed p-forms.