Homogeneity and projective equivalence of differential equation fields

DOI10.3934/JGM.2012.4.27zbMATH Open1368.70028arXiv1109.3640OpenAlexW2963081852MaRDI QIDQ446017FDOQ446017

Authors: Mike Crampin, David J. Saunders 

Publication date: 28 August 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometric Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose definitions of homogeneity and projective equivalence for systems of ordinary differential equations of order greater than two, which allow us to generalize the concept of a spray (for systems of order two). We show that the Euler-Lagrange fields of parametric Lagrangians of order greater than one which are regular (in a natural sense that we define) form a projective equivalence class of homogeneous systems. We show further that the geodesics, or base integral curves, of projectively equivalent homogeneous differential equation fields are the same apart from orientation-preserving reparametrization; that is, homogeneous differential equation fields determine systems of paths.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.3640

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneityordinary differential equationsreparametrizationprojective equivalenceparametric Lagrangian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50)

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