The Classical Isotropic bi-Dimensional Oscilator in the Eisenhart Formulation of Classical Mechanics
Published 2007-04-30
Keywords
- Geometric Mechanics,
- Geometrical and tensorial methods,
- Formalisms in classical mechanics
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Abstract
Accordingly with the general theory of relativity, the motion of a particle by the only action of inertia and gravity is described by a space-time geodesic. We use the Eisenhart geometric formulation of classical mechanics to establish a correspondence between geodesics and paths in phase space of the classical bi-dimensional isotropic oscillator. The Killing vectors and its associated constants of motion are presented and compared with nonNoetherian motion constant calculated by S. Hojman and collaborators.
Keywords: Geometric Mechanics, Geometrical and tensorial methods, Formalisms in classical mechanics.
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