Paper 1, Section II, B

Integrable Systems
Part II, 2009

Let HH be a smooth function on a 2n2 n-dimensional phase space with local coordinates (pj,qj)\left(p_{j}, q_{j}\right). Write down the Hamilton equations with the Hamiltonian given by HH and state the Arnold-Liouville theorem.

By establishing the existence of sufficiently many first integrals demonstrate that the system of nn coupled harmonic oscillators with the Hamiltonian

H=12k=1n(pk2+ωk2qk2)H=\frac{1}{2} \sum_{k=1}^{n}\left(p_{k}^{2}+\omega_{k}^{2} q_{k}^{2}\right)

where ω1,,ωn\omega_{1}, \ldots, \omega_{n} are constants, is completely integrable. Find the action variables for this system.