Coisotropic variational problems

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2003.10.005MaRDI QIDQ1781420zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emilio Musso, James D. E. Grant

Publication date 27 June 2005

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307216

zbMATH Keywords

coisotropic actionsconstrained variational problemsmoment map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

Abstract: In this article we study constrained variational problems in one independent variable defined on the space of integral curves of a Frenet system in a homogeneous space G/H. We prove that if the Lagrangian is G-invariant and coisotropic then the extremal curves can be found by quadratures. Our proof is constructive and relies on the reduction theory for coisotropic optimal control problems. This gives a unified explanation of the integrability of several classical variational problems such as the total squared curvature functional, the projective, conformal and pseudo-conformal arc-length functionals, the Delaunay and the Poincar{'e} variational problems.

Review text

Constrained variational problems of 1 independent variable defined on the space of integral curves of a Frenet system in a homogeneous space \(G/H\) are considered. By adopting Griffiths' construction of Euler-Lagrange system and momentum space, using the reduction theory of Hamiltonian systems with symmetries and some concrete geometric description of the Marsden-Weinstein reduction, it is proven that if the Lagragian is \(G\)-invariant and coisotropic, then the problem is integrable by quadratures.

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