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Front. Phys.    2017, Vol. 12 Issue (1) : 124501    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-016-0610-5
RESEARCH ARTICLE
An underlying geometrical manifold for Hamiltonian mechanics
L. P. Horwitz1,2,3(),A. Yahalom4(),J. Levitan3(),M. Lewkowicz3()
1. School of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
2. Department of Physics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
3. Department of Physics, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
4. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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Abstract

We show that there exists an underlying manifold with a conformal metric and compatible connection form, and a metric type Hamiltonian (which we call the geometrical picture), that can be put into correspondence with the usual Hamilton–Lagrange mechanics. The requirement of dynamical equivalence of the two types of Hamiltonians, that the momenta generated by the two pictures be equal for all times, is sufficient to determine an expansion of the conformal factor, defined on the geometrical coordinate representation, in its domain of analyticity with coefficients to all orders determined by functions of the potential of the Hamiltonian–Lagrange picture, defined on the Hamilton–Lagrange coordinate representation, and its derivatives. Conversely, if the conformal function is known, the potential of a Hamilton–Lagrange picture can be determined in a similar way. We show that arbitrary local variations of the orbits in the Hamilton–Lagrange picture can be generated by variations along geodesics in the geometrical picture and establish a correspondence which provides a basis for understanding how the instability in the geometrical picture is manifested in the instability of the the original Hamiltonian motion.

Keywords geometrical Hamiltonian      stability analysis      coordinate mapping      Riemann–Euclidean Hamiltonian equivalence     
Corresponding Author(s): L. P. Horwitz,A. Yahalom,J. Levitan,M. Lewkowicz   
Issue Date: 17 October 2016
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L. P. Horwitz,A. Yahalom,J. Levitan, et al. An underlying geometrical manifold for Hamiltonian mechanics[J]. Front. Phys. , 2017, 12(1): 124501.
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