Remark on integrable deformations of the Euler top (Q488782)

In this short note, a method to construct integrable deformations of the Euler top is presented. Using a scaling transformation, the well-known rigid body equations take the form \[ \dot x_1=x_2x_3~,~~\dot x_2=x_1x_3~,~~\dot x_3=x_1x_2. \] Two constants of motion of the above system are given by \[ x_1^2-x_2^2=C_1~,~~x_1^2-x_3^2=C_2. \] Modifying this constants of motion, that is \[ x_1^2-x_2^2+2\alpha (x_1,x_2,x_3)=C_1~,~~x_1^2-x_3^2+2\beta (x_1,x_2,x_3)=C_2, \] the following equations are obtained: \[ \dot x_1=x_2x_3+\partial_2\alpha\partial_3\beta-\partial_3\alpha\partial_2\beta-x_3\partial_2\alpha-x_2\partial_3\beta, \] \[ \dot x_2=x_1x_3+\partial_3\alpha\partial_1\beta-\partial_1\alpha\partial_3\beta+x_1\partial_3(\alpha-\beta)+x_3\partial_1\alpha, \] \[ \dot x_3=x_1x_2+\partial_1\alpha\partial_2\beta-\partial_2\alpha\partial_1\beta-x_1\partial_2(\alpha-\beta)+x_2\partial_1\beta, \] where \(\partial_i=\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i}\). In the following, the manner of obtaining of \(\alpha \) and \(\beta \) is described, and two particular cases are presented.