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A note on the structure of prescribed gradient--like domains of non--integrable vector fields

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-12-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Given a geometric structure on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} with nn even (e.g. Euclidean, symplectic, Minkowski, pseudo-Euclidean), we analyze the set of points inside the domain of definition of an arbitrary given C1\mathcal{C}^1 vector field, where the value of the vector field equals the value of the left/right gradient--like vector field of some fixed C2\mathcal{C}^2 potential function, although a non-integrability condition holds at each such a point. Particular examples of gradient--like vector fields include the class of gradient vector fields with respect to Euclidean or pseudo-Euclidean inner products, and the class of Hamiltonian vector fields associated to symplectic structures on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} (with nn even). The main result of this article provides a geometric version of the main result of [1].

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@article{arxiv.1901.04829,
  title  = {A note on the structure of prescribed gradient--like domains of non--integrable vector fields},
  author = {Razvan M. Tudoran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04829},
  year   = {2021}
}

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