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ЖУРНАЛЫ // Regular and Chaotic Dynamics // Архив

Regul. Chaotic Dyn., 2025, том 30, выпуск 5, страницы 866–885 (Mi rcd1339)

Special Issue: On the 175th Anniversary of S.V. Kovalevskaya (Issue Editors: Vladimir Dragović, Andrey Mironov, and Sergei Tabachnikov)

When Knowledge of a Single Integral of Motion is Sufficient for Integration of Newton Equations $\ddot{q} = M (q)$

Stefan Rauch-Wojciechowskia, Maria Przybylskab

a Department of Mathematics, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
b Institute of Physics, University of Zielona Góra, Licealna 9, PL-65–417 Zielona Góra, Poland

Аннотация: For an autonomous dynamical system of $n$ differential equations each integral of motion allows for reduction of the order of equations by 1 and knowledge of $(n - 1)$ integrals is necessary for the system to be integrated by quadratures. The amenability of Hamiltonian systems to being integrated by quadratures is characterised by the Liouville theorem where in $2n$-dimensional phase space only $n$ integrals are sufficient as equations are generated by 1 function — the Hamiltonian.
There are, however, large families of Newton-type differential equations for which knowledge of 2 or 1 integral is sufficient for recovering separability and integration by quadratures. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a tradeoff between the number of integrals and the special structure of autonomous, velocity-independent 2nd order Newton equations $\ddot{\boldsymbol{q}}=\boldsymbol{M}(\boldsymbol{q})$, $\boldsymbol{q}\in\mathbb R^n$, which allows for integration by quadratures.
In particular, we review little-known results on quasipotential and triangular Newton equations to explain how it is possible that 2 or 1 integral is sufficient. The theory of these Newton equations provides new types of separation webs consisting of quadratic (but not orthogonal) surfaces.

Ключевые слова: integration by quadratures, separability, Newton systems, Hamilton systems, Poisson structures

MSC: 34A05, 34A34, 70H06, 70H05

Поступила в редакцию: 13.03.2025
Принята в печать: 16.09.2025

Язык публикации: английский

DOI: 10.1134/S1560354725050077



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