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Integrable nonlinear oscillators with polynomial invariants: construction, Poincare geometry, and an analytic stability boundary

Dynamical Systems 2025-10-29 v1

Abstract

Starting from the nonlinear ODE z+f(t)z+g(t)zm=0z'' + f(t)\,z + g(t)\, z^{m}=0 with m>1m>1, we show that after a suitable normal-form reduction of any Hill equation one may, without loss of generality, fix the linear part as f(t)ω2f(t)\equiv \omega^{2} (with ω>0\omega>0 constant). For the class z+ω2z+g(t)zm=0z''+\omega^{2}z+g(t)\, z^{m}=0 with m>1m>1, our goal is to compile a catalogue of all possible integrable cases. We restrict attention to integrals that are polynomial in the variables zz and p=zp=z'. The Hamiltonian does not provide such an integral because it is explicitly time dependent. Instead, we search for invariants that are quadratic in p=zp=z'. We show that such invariants exist precisely when α2(t):=g(t)2/(m+3)\alpha_2(t):=g(t)^{-2/(m+3)} satisfies the linear third-order ODE α2+4ω2α2=0\alpha_2''' + 4\omega^2 \alpha_2'=0. This yields the three-parameter solution g(t)=[a0+a1cos(2ωt)+a2sin(2ωt)](m+3)/2g(t)=[a_0+a_1\cos(2\omega t)+a_2\sin(2\omega t)]^{-(m+3)/2}. For m=2m=2 this reproduces the trigonometric structure with exponent 5/2-5/2 found in Hagel--Bouquet (1992). In addition we present a detailed stability analysis based on the invariant using Poincar\'e sections and find full agreement with numerical simulations.

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@article{arxiv.2510.24080,
  title  = {Integrable nonlinear oscillators with polynomial invariants: construction, Poincare geometry, and an analytic stability boundary},
  author = {Johannes Hagel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.24080},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures