1.II.31C

Integrable Systems | Part II, 2008

Define an integrable system in the context of Hamiltonian mechanics with a finite number of degrees of freedom and state the Arnold-Liouville theorem.

Consider a six-dimensional phase space with its canonical coordinates (pj,qj)\left(p_{j}, q_{j}\right), j=1,2,3j=1,2,3, and the Hamiltonian

12j=13pj2+F(r)\frac{1}{2} \sum_{j=1}^{3} p_{j}^{2}+F(r)

where r=q12+q22+q32r=\sqrt{q_{1}^{2}+q_{2}^{2}+q_{3}^{2}} and where FF is an arbitrary function. Show that both M1=q2p3q3p2M_{1}=q_{2} p_{3}-q_{3} p_{2} and M2=q3p1q1p3M_{2}=q_{3} p_{1}-q_{1} p_{3} are first integrals.

State the Jacobi identity and deduce that the Poisson bracket

M3={M1,M2}M_{3}=\left\{M_{1}, M_{2}\right\}

is also a first integral. Construct a suitable expression out of M1,M2,M3M_{1}, M_{2}, M_{3} to demonstrate that the system admits three first integrals in involution and thus satisfies the hypothesis of the Arnold-Liouville theorem.

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