Second order Killing tensors related to symmetric spaces (Q6115715)

The authors present examples of Killing tensors of valency two, generating quadratic integrals of motion for integrable systems having additional integrals of motion which are polynomials of higher order in momenta. All these Killing tensors are related to special combinations of rotations and translations. The aim of the paper is to discuss the pairs of quadratic integrals of motion belonging to the \(n\)-dimensional space of independent integrals of motion in involution, that provide integrability of the corresponding Hamiltonian equations of motion by quadratures. In contrast to the Eisenhart theory, additional integrals of motion are polynomials of the fourth, sixth and other orders in momenta. The main focus is on the second-order Killing tensors corresponding to quadratic integrals of motion and relating to the special combinations of rotations and translations in Euclidean space. The paper is organized as follows. Section 1 is an introduction to the subject. Section 2 deals with symmetric spaces of A.III type, Section 3 with symmetric spaces of C.I type, Section 4 with symmetric spaces of D.III type and Section 5 with symmetric spaces of BD.I type (in the Cartan classification). Section 6 deals with reductive homogeneous spaces. In these sections, following [\textit{A. P. Fordy} and \textit{P. P. Kulish}, Commun. Math. Phys. 89, 427--443 (1983; Zbl 0563.35062)], the authors consider symmetric spaces which are reductive homogeneous spaces whose canonical connections have zero torsion. In Section 6, they consider one example associated with reductive homogeneous spaces with non-zero torsion. Section 7 is devoted to some remarks and conclusions.