Lie-Hamilton systems: theory and applications (Q2855848)

The authors define Lie systems and later Lie-Hamiltonian systems. Lie systems are systems of equations following a superposition rule (discussed in text). This amounts to saying the minimal Lie algebra containing the vector fields whose integral curves are solutions of the system are finite-dimensional. They give further simpler characterizations of a Lie system. They define a Lie-Hamiltonian system as a system whose minimal Lie-algebra is a finite-dimensional Lie algebra of Hamiltonian vector fields with respect to a certain Poisson structure. They define a Lie-Hamiltonian structure \((N,\Lambda,h)\) where \((N,\Lambda)\) is a Poisson structure and \((\{h_t\}_{t\in R},\{.,.\}_{\Lambda})\) is a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra. Correspondingly a Lie-Hamiltonian structure is defined for a system \(X\) by connecting vector fields with functions through Poisson brackets and with little work it is shown that a system having a Lie-Hamiltonian structure is a Lie-Hamiltonian system. The other equivalence is shown with some more work, thus getting a characterization of these systems. They go proving some more interesting results on Lie Hamiltonian systems. The proofs are short and the theory is supported by examples.