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We consider autonomous holonomic dynamical systems defined by equations of the form $\ddot{q}^{a}=-\Gamma_{bc}^{a}(q) \dot{q}^{b}\dot{q}^{c}$ $-Q^{a}(q)$, where $\Gamma^{a}_{bc}(q)$ are the coefficients of a symmetric (possibly…
An autonomous dynamical system is described by a system of second order differential equations whose solution gives the trajectories of the system. The solution is facilitated by the use of first integrals (FIs) that are used to reduce the…
In a recent paper (A. Mitsopoulos and M. Tsamparlis, J. Geom. Phys. 170, 104383, 2021), a general theorem is given which provides an algorithmic method for the computation of first integrals (FIs) of autonomous dynamical systems in terms of…
A theorem is derived which determines higher order first integrals of autonomous holonomic dynamical systems in a general space, provided the collineations and the Killing tensors -- up to the order of the first integral -- of the kinetic…
The physical phenomena are described by physical quantities related by specific physical laws. In the context of a Physical Theory, the physical quantities and the physical laws are described, respectively, by suitable geometrical objects…
The determination of the first integrals (FIs) of a dynamical system and the subsequent assessment of their integrability or superintegrability in a systematic way is still an open subject. One method which has been developed along these…
We consider autonomous conservative dynamical systems which are constrained with the condition that the total energy of the system has a specified value. We prove a theorem which provides the quadratic first integrals (QFIs), time-dependent…
We consider the time-dependent dynamical system $\ddot{q}^{a}= -\Gamma_{bc}^{a}\dot{q}^{b}\dot{q}^{c}-\omega(t)Q^{a}(q)$ where $\omega(t)$ is a non-zero arbitrary function and the connection coefficients $\Gamma^{a}_{bc}$ are computed from…
In this paper we consider dynamical systems generated by a diffeomorphism F defined on U an open subset of R^n, and give conditions over F which imply that their dynamics can be understood by studying the flow of an associated differential…
We consider in C^n the class of symmetric homogeneous quadratic dynamical systems. We introduce the notion of algebraic integrability for this class. We present a class of symmetric quadratic dynamical systems that are algebraically…
In this study, the solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation (HJE) with holonomic Hamiltonian is investigated in terms of the first integrals of the corresponding Hamiltonian system. Holonomic functions are related to a specific type of…
We consider the generic quadratic first integral (QFI) of the form $I=K_{ab}(t,q)\dot{q}^{a}\dot{q}^{b}+K_{a}(t,q)\dot{q}^{a}+K(t,q)$ and require the condition $dI/dt=0$. The latter results in a system of partial differential equations…
Every second order system of autonomous differential equations can be described by an autonomous holonomic dynamical system with a Lagrangian part, an effective potential and a set of generalized forces. The kinematic part of the Lagrangian…
We give an upper bound for the number of functionally independent meromorphic first integrals that a discrete dynamical system generated by an analytic map $f$ can have in a neighborhood of one of its fixed points. This bound is obtained in…
We investigate the problem of the existence of first integrals for multidimensional and ordinary linear differential systems with constant coefficients. The spectral method of the first integrals basis construction for these systems of…
We study the existence of first integrals in nonholonomic systems with symmetry. First we define the concept of $\mathcal{M}$-cotangent lift of a vector field on a manifold $Q$ in order to unify the works [Balseiro P., Arch. Ration. Mech.…
Variational integrators are well-suited for simulation of mechanical systems because they preserve mechanical quantities about a system such as momentum, or its change if external forcing is involved, and holonomic constraints. While they…
The conditions of cylindricality and autonomy of first integrals, last multipliers and integral manifolds for linear homogeneous systems of partial differential equations and total differential systems are established.
We identify many new solvable subcases of the general dynamical system characterized by two autonomous first-order ordinary differential equations with purely quadratic right-hand sides; the solvable character of these dynamical systems…
The dynamical systems of identical particles admitting quadratic integrals of motion are classified. The relevant integrals are explicitly constructed and their relation to separation of variables in H-J equation is clarified.