Orthogonal Separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on Spaces of Constant Curvature

We review the theory of orthogonal separation of variables of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on spaces of constant curvature, highlighting key contributions to the theory by Benenti. This theory revolves around a special type of conformal Killing tensor, hereafter called a concircular tensor. First, w...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2016
Main Authors: Rajaratnam, K., McLenaghan, R.G., Valero, C.
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description We review the theory of orthogonal separation of variables of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on spaces of constant curvature, highlighting key contributions to the theory by Benenti. This theory revolves around a special type of conformal Killing tensor, hereafter called a concircular tensor. First, we show how to extend original results given by Benenti to intrinsically characterize all (orthogonal) separable coordinates in spaces of constant curvature using concircular tensors. This results in the construction of a special class of separable coordinates known as Kalnins-Eisenhart-Miller coordinates. Then we present the Benenti-Eisenhart-Kalnins-Miller separation algorithm, which uses concircular tensors to intrinsically search for Kalnins-Eisenhart-Miller coordinates which separate a given natural Hamilton-Jacobi equation. As a new application of the theory, we show how to obtain the separable coordinate systems in the two dimensional spaces of constant curvature, Minkowski and (Anti-)de Sitter space. We also apply the Benenti-Eisenhart-Kalnins-Miller separation algorithm to study the separability of the three dimensional Calogero-Moser and Morosi-Tondo systems.
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Orthogonal Separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on Spaces of Constant Curvature / K. Rajaratnam, R.G. McLenaghan, C. Valero // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2016. — Т. 12. — Бібліогр.: 41 назв. — англ.
1815-0659
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 53C15; 70H20; 53A60
DOI:10.3842/SIGMA.2016.117
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/148531
We review the theory of orthogonal separation of variables of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on spaces of constant curvature, highlighting key contributions to the theory by Benenti. This theory revolves around a special type of conformal Killing tensor, hereafter called a concircular tensor. First, we show how to extend original results given by Benenti to intrinsically characterize all (orthogonal) separable coordinates in spaces of constant curvature using concircular tensors. This results in the construction of a special class of separable coordinates known as Kalnins-Eisenhart-Miller coordinates. Then we present the Benenti-Eisenhart-Kalnins-Miller separation algorithm, which uses concircular tensors to intrinsically search for Kalnins-Eisenhart-Miller coordinates which separate a given natural Hamilton-Jacobi equation. As a new application of the theory, we show how to obtain the separable coordinate systems in the two dimensional spaces of constant curvature, Minkowski and (Anti-)de Sitter space. We also apply the Benenti-Eisenhart-Kalnins-Miller separation algorithm to study the separability of the three dimensional Calogero-Moser and Morosi-Tondo systems.
This paper is a contribution to the Special Issue on Analytical Mechanics and Dif ferential Geometry in honour
 of Sergio Benenti. The full collection is available at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/Benenti.html.
 We would like to thank the referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. This work was
 supported in part by a QEII-Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (KR), Natural Sciences
 and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant (RGM) and Undergraduate
 Student Research Award (CV).
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Valero, C.
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title_fullStr Orthogonal Separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on Spaces of Constant Curvature
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title_short Orthogonal Separation of the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation on Spaces of Constant Curvature
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