Liouvillian integrability of vector fields in higher dimensions
Abstract
We consider complex rational vector fields in dimension (equivalently, differential forms of degree in variables) which admit a Liouvillian first integral. Extending a classical result by Singer for , our main result states that there exists a first integral which is obtained by two successive integrations from one-forms with coefficients in a finite algebraic extension of the rational function field. The proof uses Puiseux series in a novel way to simplify computations. We also apply this method to give elementary proofs of Singer's theorem for rational one-forms, and of the Prelle-Singer theorem on elementary integrability of rational vector fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.15522,
title = {Liouvillian integrability of vector fields in higher dimensions},
author = {Waleed Aziz and Colin Christopher and Chara Pantazi and Sebastian Walcher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.15522},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
This paper contains the essential results of a withdrawn earlier submission (entitled "Liouvillian integrability of three dimensional vector fields", arXiv:2310.20451), with shorter proofs and additional material