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Periodicity and Quasi-Periodicity for Super-Integrable Hamiltonian Systems

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Chemical Physics Classical Physics

Abstract

Classical trajectories are calculated for two Hamiltonian systems with ring shaped potentials. Both systems are super-integrable, but not maximally super-integrable, having four globally defined single valued integrals of motion each. All finite trajectories are quasi-periodical; they become truly periodical if a commensurability condition is imposed on an angular momentum component.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0405017,
  title  = {Periodicity and Quasi-Periodicity for Super-Integrable Hamiltonian Systems},
  author = {Maurice Robert Kibler and Pavel Winternitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0405017},
  year   = {2009}
}