The Euclidean mechanical systems kernel conjecture

For each dimension d1d\geq 1, let VC(Rd)V\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d) be a smooth potential and let ΦV\Phi_V be the homomorphism from the universal Lie algebra of classical mechanics to the Lie algebra generated by the Euclidean kinetic energy T(p)=12ppT(p)=\frac{1}{2}p\cdot p and VV 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 00.

Euclidean kernel conjecture. Consider all smooth potentials VC(Rd)V\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d) with arbitrary dd. Then

d1VC(Rd)ker(ΦV)=0.\bigcap_{d\geq 1}\bigcap_{V\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^d)}\ker(\Phi_V)=0.

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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