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Helmoltz problem for the Riccati equation from an analogous Friedmann equation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-01-26 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We report a solution of the inverse Lagrangian problem for the first order Riccati differential equation by means of an analogy with the Friedmann equation of a suitable Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker universe in general relativity. This analogous universe has fine-tuned parameters and is unphysical, but it suggests a Lagrangian and a Hamiltonian for the Riccati equation and for the many physical systems described by it.

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@article{arxiv.2112.11526,
  title  = {Helmoltz problem for the Riccati equation from an analogous Friedmann equation},
  author = {Valerio Faraoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11526},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages, no figures, to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C