General-position conjecture for all simple mechanical systems

For each manifold MM and each simple mechanical system with kinetic energy TT and potential energy VV, let ψ(M,T,V)\psi(M,T,V) be the homomorphism from the universal Lie algebra LP(A,B)L_{\mathfrak P}(A,B) onto the Lie algebra generated by the system. The grading by degree gives identities, and the common kernel records identities satisfied by every such system. General-position conjecture for simple mechanical systems. The only identities satisfied by all simple mechanical systems are those due to the grading by degree; equivalently,

M,T,Vkerψ(M,T,V)=0.\bigcap_{M,T,V}\ker\psi(M,T,V)=0.

This asks whether the class of all simple mechanical systems is in general position collectively. The supplied text gives no evidence that the conjecture has been resolved.

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Robert I McLachlan and Brett Ryland, “The algebraic entropy of classical mechanics”, arXiv:math-ph/0210030 (2002).

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