Geometry of Hamiltonian Dynamics with Conformal Eisenhart Metric
Author(s) -
Linyu Peng,
Huafei Sun,
Xiao Sun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of mathematics and mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1687-0425
pISSN - 0161-1712
DOI - 10.1155/2011/710274
Subject(s) - geodesic , conformal map , mathematics , hamiltonian (control theory) , mathematical physics , conformal symmetry , hamiltonian system , conformal geometry , conformal field theory , primary field , mathematical analysis , classical mechanics , physics , mathematical optimization
We characterize the geometry of the Hamiltonian dynamics with a conformal metric. After investigating the Eisenhart metric, we studythe corresponding conformal metric and obtain the geometric structure of the classical Hamiltonian dynamics. Furthermore, the equations for the conformal geodesics, for theJacobi field along the geodesics, and the equations for a certain flow constrained in a family of conformal equivalent nondegenerate metrics are obtained. At last the conformal curvatures,the geodesic equations, the Jacobi equations, and the equations for the flow of the famous models, an N degrees of freedom linear Hamiltonian system and the Hénon-Heilesmodel are given, and in a special case, numerical solutions of the conformal geodesics, the generalized momenta, and the Jacobi field along the geodesics of the Hénon-Heiles modelare obtained. And the numerical results for the Hénon-Heiles model show us the instability of the associated geodesic spreads
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