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A geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory on a Nambu-Jacobi manifold

Mathematical Physics 2017-04-24 v1 math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we propose a geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory on a Nambu--Jacobi manifold. The advantange of a geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory is that if a Hamiltonian vector field XHX_H can be projected into a configuration manifold by means of a one-form dWdW, then the integral curves of the projected vector field XHdWX_H^{dW} can be transformed into integral curves of the vector field XHX_H provided that WW is a solution of the Hamilton--Jacobi equation. This procedure allows us to reduce the dynamics to a lower dimensional manifold in which we integrate the motion. On the other hand, the interest of a Nambu--Jacobi structure resides in its role in the description of dynamics in terms of several Hamiltonian functions. It appears in fluid dynamics, for instance. Here, we derive an explicit expression for a geometric Hamilton--Jacobi equation on a Nambu--Jacobi manifold and apply it to the third-order Riccati differential equation as an example.

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@article{arxiv.1704.06458,
  title  = {A geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory on a Nambu-Jacobi manifold},
  author = {M. de León and C. Sardón},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06458},
  year   = {2017}
}