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Noether symmetries and integrability in time-dependent Hamiltonian mechanics

Mathematical Physics 2016-08-30 v1 math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We consider Noether symmetries within Hamiltonian setting as transformations that preserve Poincar\'e-Cartan form, i.e., as symmetries of characteristic line bundles of nondegenerate 1-forms. In the case when the Poincar\'e-Cartan form is contact, the explicit expression for the symmetries in the inverse Noether theorem is given. As examples, we consider natural mechanical systems, in particular the Kepler problem. Finally, we prove a variant of the theorem on complete (non-commutative) integrability in terms of Noether symmetries of time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.

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@article{arxiv.1608.07788,
  title  = {Noether symmetries and integrability in time-dependent Hamiltonian mechanics},
  author = {Bozidar Jovanovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.07788},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics