Topology and mechanics with computer graphics. Linear Hamiltonian systems in four dimensions (Q1822111)

The aim of the paper is to show how the field of interactive computer graphics can contribute to new interactions between mathematics and mechanics, especially in the investigation of phenomena in the phase space (four or more dimensions) from the stable to the ergodic behavior. The authors start with a program on Liouville integrable quadratic Hamiltonians in two degrees of freedom (linear Hamiltonian systems in four dimensions) which can be solved exactly but have a relatively rich topological structure. I saw in Rio de Janeiro two really nice computer- animated color films produced by the authors on those linear systems. They also mention that other films on some nonlinear examples are currently in progress.