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In a sense
we
are
dealing
with
a
random
process
~(t)
with
values in
the
phase
spac
e.
Motion
of
a
point
body
along a
straight
line in
the
potential
field will
be
described
by
the
equation
8p p 8p 8V(q) 8p
8t
= - m 8q +
--;)g
8p .
(7)
Here V(q) is
the
potential
field
and
mass
m >
O.
If
the
distribution
Po(q,p) for t = 0 is known, we
can
consider
the
Cauchy
problem
for
the
e
quation
(7):
plt=o
= Po(q,p)·
(8)
The
mean
trajectori
es defined as follows
(q)(t) = J qp(q,p, t)dqdp = J q(t)Po(q,p)dqdp,
(9)
where q(t) - is a classical
trajectory
of a
point
mass
,
the
function q(t) is
governed
by
Newton
equ
a
tion
..
8V(q)
mq
=--;)g'
Therefor
e
the
mean
trajectory
can
be
obtained
by
averaging classical
trajectory
with
reference
to
probability
distribution
function for initial con-
ditions.
This
fact will
be
widely used
in
the
present work.
2.
Anharmonic
oscillator
In
the
present
work
an
anharmonic
oscillator is considered.
Namely
a
point
mass
is moving
within
a field
that
is described by
the
potential
V(q):
1 1
V(q) =
2w6q2
+=
t::
q4
(10)
where
Wo
> 0
and
E > 0 is a
small
coupling
constant.
The
coordinate
q(t)
changes
in
accordance
with
the
Newton
equation:
q +
W6q
= _
Eq
3.
(11)
We
set
the
following initial conditions:
(12)
The
exact
solution
to
(11) is well-known
but
for simplicity we shall use
the
approximate
Krylov-Bogolyubov
method
described for
example
in
9.
The
solution reads:
a
3
qKB(t) = acos(tw) + E
32w5
cos(3tw) +
O(E2),