k-symplectic Lie systems: theory and applications

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Abstract: A Lie system is a system of first-order ordinary differential equations describing the integral curves of a t-dependent vector field taking values in a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra of vector fields: a so-called Vessiot-Guldberg Lie algebra. We suggest the definition of a particular class of Lie systems, the k-symplectic Lie systems, admitting a Vessiot-Guldberg Lie algebra of Hamiltonian vector fields with respect to the presymplectic forms of a k-symplectic structure. We devise new k-symplectic geometric methods to study their superposition rules, time independent constants of motion and general properties. Our results are illustrated by examples of physical and mathematical interest. As a byproduct, we find a new interesting setting of application of the k-symplectic geometry: systems of first-order ordinary differential equations.


A Lie system is a system of first-order ordinary differential equations whose general solutions can be expressed as a function, called superposition rule, of a generic finite set of particular solutions and a set of constraints. The present work is devoted to a new type of Lie systems called \(k\)-symplectic Lie systems and admitting Vessiot-Guldberg Lie algebras of Hamiltonian vector fields relative to the presymplectic forms of a \(k\)-symplectic structure. A main result is that \(k\)-symplectic Lie systems can be considered as Dirac-Lie systems in several non-equivalent ways.



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