Complex variables for separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on real pseudo-Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.1063/1.2747611zbMath1144.81337arXivnlin/0610012WikidataQ115333572 ScholiaQ115333572MaRDI QIDQ3529828

Giovanni Rastelli, Luca Degiovanni

Publication date: 14 October 2008

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0610012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70H20: Hamilton-Jacobi equations in mechanics

70G45: Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics

53D22: Canonical transformations in symplectic and contact geometry

49L99: Hamilton-Jacobi theories

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