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Sasakian structure associated with a second order ODE and Hamiltonian dynamical systems

Differential Geometry 2021-09-01 v3

Abstract

We define a contact metric structure on the manifold corresponding to a second order ordinary differential equation d2y/dx2=f(x,y,y)d^2y/dx^2=f(x,y,y') and show that the contact metric structure is Sasakian if and only if the 1-form 12(dpfdx)\frac{1}{2}(dp-fdx) defines a Poisson structure. We consider a Hamiltonian dynamical system defined by this Poisson structure and show that the Hamiltonian vector field, which is a multiple of the Reeb vector field, admits a compatible bi-Hamiltonian structure for which ff can be regarded as a Hamiltonian function. As a particular case, we give a compatible bi-Hamiltonian structure of the Reeb vector field such that the structure equations correspond to the Maurer-Cartan equations of an invariant coframe on the Heisenberg group and the independent variable plays the role of a Hamiltonian function. We also show that the first Chern class of the normal bundle of an integral curve of a multiple of the Reeb vector field vanishes iff fx+ffp=Ψ(x)f_x+ff_p = \Psi (x) for some Ψ\Psi.

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@article{arxiv.2002.09959,
  title  = {Sasakian structure associated with a second order ODE and Hamiltonian dynamical systems},
  author = {Tuna Bayrakdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.09959},
  year   = {2021}
}
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