Jotz, MadeleineRatiu, T. S.2012-07-132012-07-132012-07-13201210.1016/S0034-4877(12)60016-0https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/83861WOS:000305164100002The reduction of nonholonomic systems is formulated in terms of Dirac reduction. An optimal reduction method for a class of nonholonomic systems is formulated. Several examples are studied in detail.Dirac structuresymmetry reductionnonholonomic mechanicsmomentum mapGeneralized Complex StructuresHamiltonian-SystemsSingularitiesIntegrabilityFoliationsManifoldsOrbitsDirac Structures, Nonholonomic Systems And Reductiontext::journal::journal article::research article