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1941-4889
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1941-4897
Journal of Geometric Mechanics
June 2018 , Volume 10 , Issue 2
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We consider Zermelo's problem of navigation on a spheroid in the presence of space-dependent perturbation
We consider Noether symmetries of the equations defined by the sections of characteristic line bundles of nondegenerate 1-forms and of the associated perturbed systems. It appears that this framework can be used for time-dependent systems with constraints and nonconservative forces, allowing a quite simple and transparent formulation of the momentum equation and the Noether theorem in their general forms.
We consider the problem of point vortices moving on the surface of a triaxial ellipsoid. Following Hally's approach, we obtain the equations of motion by constructing a conformal map from the ellipsoid into the sphere and composing with stereographic projection. We focus on the case of a pair of opposite vortices. Our approach is validated by testing a prediction by Kimura that a (infinitesimally close) vortex dipole follows the geodesic flow. Poincaré sections suggest that the global flow is non-integrable.
In the present note, I will propose some insights on the normalization of generating functions for Lagrangian submanifolds. From the literature (see, for example [
(ⅰ) choose an unique GFQI for Lagrangian submanifolds of the form
(ⅱ) compare the critical values
We introduce the notion of a symplectic hopfoid, a "groupoid-like" object in the category of symplectic manifolds whose morphisms are given by canonical relations. Such groupoid-like objects arise when applying a version of the cotangent functor to the structure maps of a Lie groupoid. We show that such objects are in one-to-one correspondence with symplectic double groupoids, generalizing a result of Zakrzewski concerning symplectic double groups and Hopf algebra objects in the aforementioned category. The proof relies on a new realization of the core of a symplectic double groupoid as a symplectic quotient of the total space. The resulting constructions apply more generally to give a correspondence between double Lie groupoids and groupoid-like objects in the category of smooth manifolds and smooth relations, and we show that the cotangent functor relates the two constructions.
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