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Complex/Dynamical Systems Seminar - Sebastián Ferrer

Event Description:
Sebastián Ferrer Martinez, Departamento de Matematica Aplicada, University of Murcia, Spain

On the N-Extended Euler System. Generalized Jacobi Elliptic Functions

We study the integrable system
ωi(υ)ʹ = αi ∏ ωj(υ),              α2∈ℝ,             (1≤ i; j ≤ N)
                  j≠i
of first order differential equations as a initial value problem ωi(0)∈ℝ. The analysis is based on its quadratic first integrals Cij = αi ωj(υ)2 - αj ωi(υ)2. When N = 3 this system generalizes the classic Euler system for the rigid
body, thus we call it N-extended Euler system. Denoting ω = (ω1, … , ωN), the function Ω(υ) = ⃦ω  ⃦2 generalizes the Weierstrass elliptic function. For each dimension N ≥ 5 the system defines a family of functions, generically hyperelliptic functions.

In this presentation we focus on the cases N = 4 and N = 5. Taking into account its nested structure of the system, we propose parametrizations υ → υ*: dυ = g(ωi) dυ that separates each trajectory from its time equation.The main result is the generalization of the Jacobi elliptic functions. Other aspects such as the geometric properties of the N-system or the numeric computation of the functions involved, are also in progress.
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