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An Underlying Geometrical Manifold for Hamiltonian Mechanics
Lawrence Horwitz [1] , Asher Yahalom [2] , Jacob Levitan [2] , Meir Lewkowicz [2]
[1] Tel Aviv University
[2] Ariel University
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 sucient to determine an expansion of the conformal factor, dened on the geometrical coordinate representation, in its domain of analyticity with coecients to all orders determined by functions of the potential of the Hamiltonian-Lagrange picture, dened 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.
[1] Horwitz, Lawrence; Yahalom, Asher; Levitan, Jacob and Lewkowicz, Meir “An Underlying Geometrical Manifold for Hamiltonian Mechanics”. (arXiv:1511.09185 [physics.class-ph]). Front. Phys. 12(1), 124501 (2017), DOI 10.1007/s11467-016-0610-5