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Main Author: Simon, Sergi
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04449
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contents The question of how Algebra can be used to solve dynamical systems and characterize chaos was first posed in a fertile mathematical context by Ziglin, Morales, Ramis and Simó using differential Galois theory. Their study was aimed at first-order, later higher-order, variational equations of Hamiltonian systems. Recent work by this author formalized a compact yet comprehensive expression of higher-order variationals as one infinite linear system, thereby simplifying the approach. More importantly, the dual of this linear system contains all information relevant to first integrals, regardless of whether the original system is Hamiltonian. This applicability to formal calculation of conserved quantities is the centerpiece of this paper, following an introduction to the requisite context. Three important examples, namely particular cases of Dixon's system, the SIR epidemiological model with vital dynamics and the Van der Pol oscillator, are tackled, and explicit convergent first integrals are provided for the first two.
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spellingShingle Formal first integrals and higher variational equations
Simon, Sergi
Dynamical Systems
34A05, 37C79, 37J99, 37J30, 34M15, 34C28, 37C10, 15A69, 16W60, 13F25, 37N25
The question of how Algebra can be used to solve dynamical systems and characterize chaos was first posed in a fertile mathematical context by Ziglin, Morales, Ramis and Simó using differential Galois theory. Their study was aimed at first-order, later higher-order, variational equations of Hamiltonian systems. Recent work by this author formalized a compact yet comprehensive expression of higher-order variationals as one infinite linear system, thereby simplifying the approach. More importantly, the dual of this linear system contains all information relevant to first integrals, regardless of whether the original system is Hamiltonian. This applicability to formal calculation of conserved quantities is the centerpiece of this paper, following an introduction to the requisite context. Three important examples, namely particular cases of Dixon's system, the SIR epidemiological model with vital dynamics and the Van der Pol oscillator, are tackled, and explicit convergent first integrals are provided for the first two.
title Formal first integrals and higher variational equations
topic Dynamical Systems
34A05, 37C79, 37J99, 37J30, 34M15, 34C28, 37C10, 15A69, 16W60, 13F25, 37N25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04449