Integrability conjecture for the tabulated homogeneous Newton systems

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Let kk and λ\lambda be such that (k,λ)(k,\lambda) belongs to an item of the paper's table. Consider the Newton equations

q˙1=p1,p˙1=λq1q2k2,q˙2=p2,p˙2=q2k1.\dot q_1=p_1,\quad \dot p_1=-\lambda q_1q_2^{k-2},\qquad \dot q_2=p_2,\quad \dot p_2=q_2^{k-1}.

Integrability conjecture. These equations are integrable in the Jacobi sense with polynomial first integrals I1I_1 and I2I_2, where

I1=12p22+1kq2k.I_1=\frac{1}{2}p_2^2+\frac{1}{k}q_2^k.

Moreover, for every M>0M>0 there is a value of λ\lambda for which the degree of I2I_2 in the momenta is greater than MM, while no additional polynomial first integral independent of I1I_1 has degree in the momenta at most MM. If (k,λ)(k,\lambda) belongs to an item other than item 1 of the table, there are two additional polynomial first integrals I2I_2 and I3I_3 that are functionally independent together with I1I_1. The claim concerns selected parameter pairs in the table and gives evidence that the necessary integrability conditions found earlier may be sufficient for these families; the stated existence and degree assertions are not established here.

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Primary source

Maria Przybylska, “Differential Galois obstructions for integrability of homogeneous Newton equations”, arXiv:nlin/0701058 (2007).

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