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Constants of motion associated with alternative Hamiltonians

Classical Physics 2014-08-21 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is shown that if a non-autonomous system of 2n2n first-order ordinary differential equations is expressed in the form of the Hamilton equations in terms of two different sets of coordinates, (qi,pi)(q_{i}, p_{i}) and (Qi,Pi)(Q_{i}, P_{i}), then the determinant and the trace of any power of a certain matrix formed by the Poisson brackets of the Qi,PiQ_{i}, P_{i} with respect to qi,piq_{i}, p_{i}, are constants of motion.

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@article{arxiv.1408.4736,
  title  = {Constants of motion associated with alternative Hamiltonians},
  author = {Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.4736},
  year   = {2014}
}