constant of motion

In general, an integrable system has constants of motion other than the energy.

There are several methods for identifying constants of motion.

A variety of alternative formulations for the same constant of motion may also be used.

An integrable dynamical system will have constants of motion in addition to the energy.

Such a collection of constants of motion are said to be in involution with each other.

By contrast, energy is the only constant of motion in a non-integrable system; such systems are termed chaotic.

According to the laws of mechanics, the energy should be a constant of motion and should not change.

Kepler's second law implies that the areal velocity is a constant of motion.

Therefore, the identification of constants of motion is an important objective in mechanics.

Suppose some function f(p,q) is a constant of motion.

For Kepler orbits the eccentricity vector is a constant of motion.

In the process, he discovered the extraordinary fourth constant of motion and the Killing-Yano tensor.

This equation yields three constants of motion.

This part of the force does not conserve orbital angular momentum, which is a constant of motion under central forces.

According to the Heisenberg equation, this means that the value of P is a constant of motion.

In addition to the energy, each of these tops involves three additional constants of motion that give rise to the integrability.

The problem of two fixed centers conserves energy; in other words, the total energy E is a constant of motion.

The relationship between p and q then describes the orbit in phase space in terms of these constants of motion.

Such constants of motion will commute with the Hamiltonian under the Poisson bracket.

In the case , the energy of oscillator does not depend on , and can be treated as constant of motion.

For these kind of problems it is of importance to look for constants of motion or invariants.

Finding constants of motion so that this separation can be performed can be a difficult (sometimes impossible) analytical task.

James Jeans discovers that the dynamical constants of motion determine the distribution function for a system of particles.

Evolving constants of motion (relation to Dittrich's approximation scheme)...

The converse is also true; every symmetry of the Lagrangian corresponds to a constant of motion, often called a conserved charge or current.