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Contentsxxiii3.10.3.1 Basis of Lagrangian Dynamics . . . . . 2893.10.3.2 Lagrange–Poincaré Dynamics . . . . . . 2913.10.4 Core Application: Search for Quantum Gravity . 2923.10.4.1 What is Quantum Gravity? . . . . . . . 2923.10.4.2 Main Approaches to Quantum Gravity . 2933.10.4.3 Traditional Approaches to QuantumGravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3003.10.4.4 New Approaches to Quantum Gravity . 3043.10.4.5 Black Hole Entropy . . . . . . . . . . . 3103.10.5 Basics of Morse and (Co)Bordism Theories . . . . 3113.10.5.1 Morse Theory on Smooth Manifolds . . 3113.10.5.2 (Co)Bordism Theory on SmoothManifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3143.11 Finsler Manifolds and Their Applications . . . . . . . . . 3163.11.1 Definition of a Finsler Manifold . . . . . . . . . . 3163.11.2 Energy Functional, Variations and Extrema . . . 3173.11.3 Application: Finsler–Lagrangian Field Theory . 3213.11.4 Riemann–Finsler Approach to Information<strong>Geom</strong>etry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3233.11.4.1 Model Specification and ParameterEstimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3233.11.4.2 Model Evaluation and Testing . . . . . 3243.11.4.3 Quantitative Criteria . . . . . . . . . . 3243.11.4.4 Selection Among <strong>Diff</strong>erent Models . . . 3273.11.4.5 Riemannian <strong>Geom</strong>etry of MinimumDescription Length . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303.11.4.6 Finsler Approach to Information<strong>Geom</strong>etry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3333.12 Symplectic Manifolds and Their Applications . . . . . . . 3353.12.1 Symplectic Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3353.12.2 Symplectic <strong>Geom</strong>etry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3363.12.3 Application: Autonomous HamiltonianMechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3383.12.3.1 Basics of Hamiltonian Mechanics . . . . 3383.12.3.2 Library of Basic Hamiltonian Systems . 3513.12.3.3 Hamilton–Poisson Mechanics . . . . . . 3613.12.3.4 Completely Integrable HamiltonianSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

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