A geometrical approach to the problem of integrability of Hamiltonian systems by separation of variables

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00017-1zbMath1012.70013WikidataQ128127183 ScholiaQ128127183MaRDI QIDQ5959633

Roman G. Smirnov, Raymond G. Mclenaghan, Aaron T. Bruce

Publication date: 19 June 2003

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturedifferential geometryseparation of variablesmethod of moving framesKilling tensorscriterion for separabilityBenenti's theorembi-Hamiltonian theorygeometrical approachHamilton-Jacobi methodorthogonal separabilityseparable Hamiltonian systemstwo-dimensional Riemannian manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H06) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45)

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