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A remark on rational isochronous potentials

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-26 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the rational potentials of the one-dimensional mechanical systems, which have a family of periodic solutions with the same period (isochronous potentials). We prove that up to a shift and adding a constant all such potentials have the form U(x)=1/2ω2x2U(x) = 1/2 \omega^2 x^2 or U(x)=1/8ω2x2+c2x2.U(x) = 1/8 \omega^2 x ^2 + c^2 x^{-2}.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0409062,
  title  = {A remark on rational isochronous potentials},
  author = {O. A. Chalykh and A. P. Veselov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0409062},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, contribution to a special issue of JNMP dedicated to F. Calogero, slightly revised version