Hamiltonian Mechanics
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+= +=(, ) 0,(, ) 0HHϕϕψψ
(19.1.62)
and taking into account the properties (19.1.55), (19.1.57), we can write
∂
+=
∂
(( , ), ) ( , ) 0H
t
ϕψ ϕψ
.
(19.1.62')
We state thus
Theorem 19.1.7 (Jacobi–Poisson). If we suppose that the functions
==∈
2
(, ;), (, ;)
jj jj
qpt qpt Cϕϕ ψψ are first integrals of the canonical system
(19.1.14), then Poisson’s bracket
(, )ϕψ is a first integral of the system.
Starting from the first integrals
,,H ϕψ, one can build up new first integrals of the
form
, ,..., , ,...,( , ),( , ),( ,( , )),( ,( , ))HH Hϕϕ ψψ ϕ ψ ϕ ϕψ ϕ ψ
etc., by means of the last
two theorems. Thus, one can obtain, at a given moment, a constant or a first integral
which is not independent on the previous first integrals; indeed, the canonical system
admits at the most
2s
distinct first integrals.
If, by setting up a Poisson bracket of the first integrals
ϕ and ψ , we get
==(, ) , constCCϕψ
(19.1.63)
or
==(, ) (, ), constCCϕψ ϕψ ,
(19.1.63')
which is – practically – the same thing, then we say that the two first integrals are
canonically conjugate. Moreover, if, in particular,
=(, ) 0ϕψ ,
(19.1.64)
then we say that the first integrals
ϕ and ψ are in involution.
More general, let us consider the functions
=
12 1 2
( , ,..., , , ,..., ; )
ss
ffqqqpppt
αα
,
= 1,2,...,rα ; after S. Lie, the set of these functions forms a functional group if
==
12
( , ) ( , ,..., ), , 1,2,...,
r
ff f ff f r
α
βαβ
αβ , hence if Poisson’s bracket of two
functions of this set is a function of the functions which belong to the set. These notions
have been used by S. Lie in the study of Hamilton’s system of equations.
19.1.2.4 Theorem of Lie. Theorem of Liouville
Let us suppose that
r first integrals =
12 1 2
( , ,..., , , ,..., ; )
ss
jj
ffqq qpp pt of the
canonical system are known, so that
+= =( , ) 0, 1,2,...,
jj
fH f j r
.
(19.1.65)
Assuming that these first integrals are in involution, we can write