When is a Hamiltonian system separable?

DOI10.1063/1.527926zbMath0657.70021OpenAlexW2077033257MaRDI QIDQ3805992

Stefan Wojciechowski, Ian Marshall

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527926

zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton-Jacobi equationHamiltonian systemgeneralized elliptic coordinatesBertrand-Darboux theoremconditions for separability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics (70H20)

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