Geodesic flows and Neumann systems on Stiefel varieties: geometry and integrability

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Abstract: We study integrable geodesic flows on Stiefel varieties Vn,r=SO(n)/SO(nr) given by the Euclidean, normal (standard), Manakov-type, and Einstein metrics. We also consider natural generalizations of the Neumann systems on Vn,r with the above metrics and proves their integrability in the non-commutative sense by presenting compatible Poisson brackets on (TVn,r)/SO(r). Various reductions of the latter systems are described, in particular, the generalized Neumann system on an oriented Grassmannian Gn,r and on a sphere Sn1 in presence of Yang-Mills fields or a magnetic monopole field. Apart from the known Lax pair for generalized Neumann systems, an alternative (dual) Lax pair is presented, which enables one to formulate a generalization of the Chasles theorem relating the trajectories of the systems and common linear spaces tangent to confocal quadrics. Additionally, several extensions are considered: the generalized Neumann system on the complex Stiefel variety Wn,r=U(n)/U(nr), the matrix analogs of the double and coupled Neumann systems.



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