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

DOI10.1007/S00209-010-0818-YzbMATH Open1255.53064arXiv1011.1835OpenAlexW1978992889MaRDI QIDQ415489FDOQ415489

Authors: Yuri N. Fedorov, Božidar Jovanović 

Publication date: 8 May 2012

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study integrable geodesic flows on Stiefel varieties $V_{n,r}=SO(n)/SO(n-r)$ given by the Euclidean, normal (standard), Manakov-type, and Einstein metrics. We also consider natural generalizations of the Neumann systems on $V_{n,r}$ with the above metrics and proves their integrability in the non-commutative sense by presenting compatible Poisson brackets on $(T^{*}{V}_{n,r})/SO(r)$. Various reductions of the latter systems are described, in particular, the generalized Neumann system on an oriented Grassmannian $G_{n,r}$ and on a sphere $S^{n-1}$ 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 $W_{n,r}=U(n)/U(n-r)$, the matrix analogs of the double and coupled Neumann systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.1835

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zbMATH Keywords

integrabilitygeodesic flowNeumann systemStiefel variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25) Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H06) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37Jxx) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45)

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