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Liouvillian integrability of vector fields in higher dimensions

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2025-12-18 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We consider complex rational vector fields in dimension n>2n>2 (equivalently, differential forms of degree n1n-1 in nn variables) which admit a Liouvillian first integral. Extending a classical result by Singer for n=2n=2, 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This paper contains the essential results of a withdrawn earlier submission (entitled "Liouvillian integrability of three dimensional vector fields", arXiv:2310.20451), with shorter proofs and additional material

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