Existence of isotropic complete solutions of the $\Pi$-Hamilton-Jacobi equation
Abstract
Consider a symplectic manifold , a Hamiltonian vector field and a fibration . Related to these data we have a generalized version of the (time-independent) Hamilton-Jacobi equation: the -HJE for , whose unknown is a section of . The standard HJE is obtained when the phase space is a cotangent bundle (with its canonical symplectic form), is the canonical projection and the unknown is a closed -form . The function is called Hamilton's characteristic function. Coming back to the generalized version, among the solutions of the -HJE, a central role is played by the so-called "isotropic complete solutions". This is because, if a solution of this kind is known for a given Hamiltonian system, then such a system can be integrated up to quadratures. The purpose of the present paper is to prove that, under mild conditions, an isotropic complete solution exists around almost every point of . Restricted to the standard case, this gives rise to an alternative proof for the local existence of a "complete family" of Hamilton's characteristic functions.
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@article{arxiv.1902.02280,
title = {Existence of isotropic complete solutions of the $\Pi$-Hamilton-Jacobi equation},
author = {Sergio Grillo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02280},
year = {2019}
}