English

Integrability and solvability of polynomial Li\'{e}nard differential systems

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2022-06-24 v2

Abstract

We provide the necessary and sufficient conditions of Liouvillian integrability for Li\'{e}nard differential systems describing nonlinear oscillators with a polynomial damping and a polynomial restoring force. We prove that Li\'{e}nard differential systems are not Darboux integrable excluding subfamilies with certain restrictions on the degrees of the polynomials arising in the systems. We demonstrate that if the degree of a polynomial responsible for the restoring force is greater than the degree of a polynomial producing the damping, then a generic Li\'{e}nard differential system is not Liouvillian integrable with the exception of linear Li\'{e}nard systems. However, for any fixed degrees of the polynomials describing the damping and the restoring force we present subfamilies possessing Liouvillian first integrals. As a by-product of our results, we find a number of novel Liouvillian integrable subfamilies. In addition, we study the existence of non-autonomous Darboux first integrals and non-autonomous Jacobi last multipliers with a time-dependent exponential factor.

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@article{arxiv.2110.14306,
  title  = {Integrability and solvability of polynomial Li\'{e}nard differential systems},
  author = {Maria V. Demina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.14306},
  year   = {2022}
}
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