On the geometry of Lagrangian one-forms

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Main Authors: Caudrelier, Vincent, Harland, Derek
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contents Lagrangian multiform theory is a variational framework for integrable systems. In this article we introduce a new formulation which is based on symplectic geometry and which treats position, momentum and time coordinates of a finite-dimensional integrable hierarchy on an equal footing. This formulation allows a streamlined one-step derivation of both the multi-time Euler-Lagrange equations and the closure relation (encoding integrability). We argue that any Lagrangian one-form for a finite-dimensional system can be recast in our new framework. This framework easily extends to non-commuting flows and we show that the equations characterising (infinitesimal) Hamiltonian Lie group actions are variational in character. We reinterpret these equations as a system of compatible non autonomous Hamiltonian equations.
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spellingShingle On the geometry of Lagrangian one-forms
Caudrelier, Vincent
Harland, Derek
Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Symplectic Geometry
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Lagrangian multiform theory is a variational framework for integrable systems. In this article we introduce a new formulation which is based on symplectic geometry and which treats position, momentum and time coordinates of a finite-dimensional integrable hierarchy on an equal footing. This formulation allows a streamlined one-step derivation of both the multi-time Euler-Lagrange equations and the closure relation (encoding integrability). We argue that any Lagrangian one-form for a finite-dimensional system can be recast in our new framework. This framework easily extends to non-commuting flows and we show that the equations characterising (infinitesimal) Hamiltonian Lie group actions are variational in character. We reinterpret these equations as a system of compatible non autonomous Hamiltonian equations.
title On the geometry of Lagrangian one-forms
topic Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Symplectic Geometry
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14700