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The inverse Jacobi problem

S L Bazanski and P Jaranowski

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The paper presents a discussion of the relation between the dynamics of a mechanical system based upon a Lagrangian admitting energy conservation and the dynamics based upon its Jacobi Lagrangian, which determines the space trajectories of the system. The basic result found in the paper is the general solution of the inverse problem, i.e. how to determine the full Lagrangian, when as a starting point, an arbitrary homogeneous Lagrangian, which is used to determine the space trajectories of a system, and an arbitrarily assigned energy function which specifies the interaction of the system are given.


PACS

02.30.Zz Inverse problems

45.20.Jj Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics

45.10.Db Variational and optimization methods

MSC

70H33 Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction

70F17 Inverse problems

70H30 Other variational principles

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Computational physics

Dates

Issue 9 (7 May 1994)



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