The Euclidean mechanical systems kernel conjecture
The Euclidean mechanical systems kernel conjecture
For each dimension , let be a smooth potential and let be the homomorphism from the universal Lie algebra of classical mechanics to the Lie algebra generated by the Euclidean kinetic energy and under the canonical Poisson bracket. The universal identities include antisymmetry, the Jacobi identity, and the vanishing of the Lie bracket of two elements of degree .
Euclidean kernel conjecture. Consider all smooth potentials with arbitrary . Then
This is the precise formulation of the claim that no relations beyond the inherited universal identities are shared by all smooth Euclidean mechanical systems. The paper presents it as unproved.
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Robert I McLachlan and Ander Murua, “The Lie algebra of classical mechanics”, arXiv:1905.07554 (2019).
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