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Theor. Appl. Mech., 2016 Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 255–273 (Mi tam16)

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Noether symmetries and integrability in time-dependent Hamiltonian mechanics

Božidar Jovanović

Mathematical Institute SANU, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract: We consider Noether symmetries within Hamiltonian setting as transformations that preserve Poincaré–Cartan form, i.e., as symmetries of characteristic line bundles of nondegenerate 1-forms. In the case when the Poincaré–Cartan form is contact, the explicit expression for the symmetries in the inverse Noether theorem is given. As examples, we consider natural mechanical systems, in particular the Kepler problem. Finally, we prove a variant of the theorem on complete (non-commutative) integrability in terms of Noether symmetries of time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.

Keywords: symmetries, the principle of stationary action, Poincaré–Cartan form, contact Hamiltonin vector fields, Noether theorem.

MSC: 37J15, 37J35, 37J55, 70H25, 70H33

Received: 21.01.2016
Revised: 19.07.2016

Language: English

DOI: 10.2298/TAM160121009J



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