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Integrability cases for the anharmonic oscillator equation

Mathematical Physics 2013-07-25 v1 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

Using N. Euler's theorem on the integrability of the general anharmonic oscillator equation \cite{12}, we present three distinct classes of general solutions of the highly nonlinear second order ordinary differential equation d2xdt2+f1(t)dxdt+f2(t)x+f3(t)xn=0\frac{d^{2}x}{dt^{2}}+f_{1}\left(t\right) \frac{dx}{dt}+f_{2}\left(t\right) x+f_{3}\left(t\right) x^{n}=0. The first exact solution is obtained from a particular solution of the point transformed equation d2X/dT2+Xn(T)=0d^{2}X/dT^{2}+X^{n}\left(T\right) =0, n{3,1,0,1}n\notin \left\{-3,-1,0,1\right\} , which is equivalent to the anharmonic oscillator equation if the coefficients fi(t)f_{i}(t), i=1,2,3i=1,2,3 satisfy an integrability condition. The integrability condition can be formulated as a Riccati equation for f1(t)f_{1}(t) and 1f3(t)df3dt\frac{1}{f_{3}(t)}\frac{df_{3}}{dt} respectively. By reducing the integrability condition to a Bernoulli type equation, two exact classes of solutions of the anharmonic oscillator equation are obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1304.1468,
  title  = {Integrability cases for the anharmonic oscillator equation},
  author = {Tiberiu Harko and Francisco S. N. Lobo and M. K. Mak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1468},
  year   = {2013}
}

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7 pages, no figures

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