Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hagel, Johannes
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24080
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866915582316642304
author Hagel, Johannes
author_facet Hagel, Johannes
contents Starting from the nonlinear ODE $z'' + f(t)\,z + g(t)\, z^{m}=0$ with $m>1$, we show that after a suitable normal-form reduction of any Hill equation one may, without loss of generality, fix the linear part as $f(t)\equiv ω^{2}$ (with $ω>0$ constant). For the class $z''+ω^{2}z+g(t)\, z^{m}=0$ with $m>1$, our goal is to compile a catalogue of all possible integrable cases. We restrict attention to integrals that are polynomial in the variables $z$ and $p=z'$. The Hamiltonian does not provide such an integral because it is explicitly time dependent. Instead, we search for invariants that are quadratic in $p=z'$. We show that such invariants exist precisely when $α_2(t):=g(t)^{-2/(m+3)}$ satisfies the linear third-order ODE $α_2''' + 4ω^2 α_2'=0$. This yields the three-parameter solution $g(t)=[a_0+a_1\cos(2ωt)+a_2\sin(2ωt)]^{-(m+3)/2}$. For $m=2$ this reproduces the trigonometric structure with exponent $-5/2$ found in Hagel--Bouquet (1992). In addition we present a detailed stability analysis based on the invariant using Poincaré sections and find full agreement with numerical simulations.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2510_24080
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Integrable nonlinear oscillators with polynomial invariants: construction, Poincare geometry, and an analytic stability boundary
Hagel, Johannes
Dynamical Systems
34A05, 34C14, 37J30
Starting from the nonlinear ODE $z'' + f(t)\,z + g(t)\, z^{m}=0$ with $m>1$, we show that after a suitable normal-form reduction of any Hill equation one may, without loss of generality, fix the linear part as $f(t)\equiv ω^{2}$ (with $ω>0$ constant). For the class $z''+ω^{2}z+g(t)\, z^{m}=0$ with $m>1$, our goal is to compile a catalogue of all possible integrable cases. We restrict attention to integrals that are polynomial in the variables $z$ and $p=z'$. The Hamiltonian does not provide such an integral because it is explicitly time dependent. Instead, we search for invariants that are quadratic in $p=z'$. We show that such invariants exist precisely when $α_2(t):=g(t)^{-2/(m+3)}$ satisfies the linear third-order ODE $α_2''' + 4ω^2 α_2'=0$. This yields the three-parameter solution $g(t)=[a_0+a_1\cos(2ωt)+a_2\sin(2ωt)]^{-(m+3)/2}$. For $m=2$ this reproduces the trigonometric structure with exponent $-5/2$ found in Hagel--Bouquet (1992). In addition we present a detailed stability analysis based on the invariant using Poincaré sections and find full agreement with numerical simulations.
title Integrable nonlinear oscillators with polynomial invariants: construction, Poincare geometry, and an analytic stability boundary
topic Dynamical Systems
34A05, 34C14, 37J30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24080