Noncommutative integrability and recursion operators (Q1840566)

The classical Hamiltonian framework is defined by a \(2n\)-dimensional symplectic manifold and the Liouville (i.e., commutative) integrability criterion requires \(n\) functionally independent first integrals in involution. If the number of independent first integrals is larger than half the dimension of the symplectic manifold they cannot be in involution and one will have to deal with a noncommuting set of first integrals. For a finite number of degrees of freedom, a noncommutative generalization of the Liouville theorem is given by \textit{A. S. Mishchenko} and \textit{A. T. Fomenko} [Funct. Anal. Appl. 12, No. 2, 113-121 (1978; Zbl 0405.58028)]. In the present paper, the authors obtain a new characterization of noncommutative integrability in terms of spectral properties and of Nijenhuis torsion of an invariant \((1,1)\) tensor field. The construction of compatible symplectic structures, via recursion operators, is also discussed and the Kepler dynamics is presented as example.