Autonomous Hamiltonian flows #
A globally Lipschitz Hamiltonian vector field on a finite-dimensional symplectic vector space
has a canonical global flow. This applies in particular to every C² Hamiltonian with compact
support (TauCeti.SymplecticForm.exists_lipschitzWith_hamiltonianVectorField). The Hamiltonian
is constant along each orbit. For a C² Hamiltonian, every time map preserves the symplectic
form on tangent vectors: differentiating the pairing of two variations and using symmetry of the
Hessian gives zero.
The construction and variational equation reuse TauCeti.flowOfLipschitz.
See McDuff--Salamon, Introduction to Symplectic Topology, Hamiltonian flows.
The autonomous Hamiltonian flow, defined for all real times when its vector field is globally Lipschitz.
Instances For
The Hamiltonian flow is the canonical Lipschitz flow of its Hamiltonian vector field.
Hamiltonian orbits solve Hamilton's differential equation.
An autonomous differentiable Hamiltonian is conserved by its flow.
The time maps of a globally Lipschitz Hamiltonian flow are C^(n+1) when the
Hamiltonian is C^(n+2).
Each time map of a C² Hamiltonian flow preserves the symplectic form on tangent
vectors. No nondegeneracy of the Hessian is required.