Maupertuis' conjecture for cubic polynomial integrals on the torus
Maupertuis' conjecture for cubic polynomial integrals on the torus
Let be the two-dimensional torus with a Riemannian metric, and consider its geodesic flow. A polynomial integral of degree in momenta is a nontrivial function on the cotangent bundle that is preserved by this flow. Maupertuis' conjecture. If the geodesic flow admits a nontrivial integral polynomial of degree in momenta, then the metric admits a Killing vector field. The conjecture is presented as a special case of the problem of classifying polynomial integrals on closed surfaces; its resolution status is not specified in the source.
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A. Bolsinov, V. Matveev, E. Miranda and S. Tabachnikov, “Open Problems, Questions, and Challenges in Finite-Dimensional Integrable Systems”, arXiv:1804.03737 (2020).
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