Relationship between singularities in classical mechanics for complex initial conditions and for complex time

T. Shnerb, K. G. Kay

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Abstract

A relationship is established between the functional forms of two kinds of singularities in dynamical variables that arise in complexified versions classical mechanics: singularities that are treated as a functions of complex initial conditions for real time and those that are treated as a functions of complex time for real initial conditions. The analysis is verified by numerical calculations. The results imply that Kowaleskaya-Painlevé condition for integrability can be phrased in terms of singularities with respect to initial conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-173
Number of pages9
JournalNonlinear Dynamics
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Tamar Shnerb thanks Prof. E. J. Heller for helpful discussions on the subject of Painlevé singularities. This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 85/03).

Funding

Tamar Shnerb thanks Prof. E. J. Heller for helpful discussions on the subject of Painlevé singularities. This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 85/03).

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation85/03

    Keywords

    • Complex trajectories
    • Dynamical singularities
    • Integrability
    • Painlevé analysis
    • Semiclassical tunneling

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