Hamiltonian form for general autonomous ODE systems: Low dimensional examples

Abstract

Paper is devoted to maintaining the simple objective: We want to provide Hamiltonian canonical form for autonomous dynamical system reducible to even-dimensional one. Along the road we construct new class of conserved quantities, called effectively conserved, that have dissimilar properties to traditional first integrals (e.g. differential of effectively conserved quantity being a Pfaffian form). We do not confine the discussion to physics; we consider examples from biology and chemistry, giving direct recipe for how to engage the framework in occurring problems. Perspective for future application in geometric numerical methods is given.