Lax representation and quadratic first integrals for a family of non-autonomous second-order differential equations

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Abstract: We consider a family of non-autonomous second-order differential equations, which generalizes the Li'enard equation. We explicitly find the necessary and sufficient conditions for members of this family of equations to admit quadratic, with the respect to the first derivative, first integrals. We show that these conditions are equivalent to the conditions for equations in the family under consideration to possess Lax representations. This provides a connection between the existence of a quadratic first integral and a Lax representation for the studied dissipative differential equations, which may be considered as an analogue to the theorem that connects Lax integrability and Arnold--Liouville integrability of Hamiltonian systems. We illustrate our results by several examples of dissipative equations, including generalizations of the Van der Pol and Duffing equations, each of which have both a quadratic first integral and a Lax representation.


The author considers the family of equations \[y_{zz}+f(z,y)y_z+g(z,y)=0,\] which generalizes the Liénard equation. The main aim of this work is to study this equation as a Lax integrable system and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the equation to possess a first integral, which is quadratic with respect to the first derivative. The results are illustrated by several examples of dissipative equations, including generalizations of the Van der Pol and Duffing equations, each of which have both a quadratic first integral and a Lax representation.



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