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Mat. Sb., 2020 Volume 211, Number 7, Pages 93–120 (Mi sm9296)

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An elliptic billiard in a potential force field: classification of motions, topological analysis

I. F. Kobtsev

Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: Given an ellipse ${\frac{x^2}{a}+\frac{y^2}{b}=1}$, $a>b>0$, we consider an absolutely elastic billiard in it with potential $\frac{k}{2}(x^2+y^2)+\frac{\alpha}{2x^2}+\frac{\beta}{2y^2}$, $a\geqslant0$, $\beta\geqslant0$. This dynamical system is integrable and has two degrees of freedom. We obtain the iso-energy invariants of rough and fine Liouville equivalence, and conduct a comparative analysis of other systems known in rigid body mechanics. To obtain the results we apply the method of separation of variables and construct a new method, which is equivalent to the bifurcation diagram but does not require it to be constructed.
Bibliography: 17 titles.

Keywords: integrable Hamiltonian system, billiard in an ellipse, potential, Liouville foliation, bifurcations.

UDC: 517.938.5

MSC: Primary 37J35; Secondary 37G10, 70H06, 70E40

Received: 28.06.2019

DOI: 10.4213/sm9296


 English version:
Sbornik: Mathematics, 2020, 211:7, 987–1013

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