On particular integrability for (co)symplectic and (co)contact Hamiltonian systems

Abstract

As a generalization and extension of our previous paper [Escobar-Ruiz and Azuaje, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57, 105202 (2024)], in this work, the notions of particular integral and particular integrability in classical mechanics are extended to the formalisms of cosymplectic, contact and cocontact geometries. This represents a natural scheme to study nonintegrable time-dependent systems where only a part of the whole dynamics satisfies the conditions for integrability. Specifically, for Hamiltonian systems on cosymplectic, contact and cocontact manifolds, it is demonstrated that the existence of a particular integral allows us to f ind certain integral curves from a reduced, lower dimensional, set of Hamilton equations. In the case of particular integrability, these trajectories can be obtained by quadratures. Notably, for dissipative systems described by contact geometry, a particular integral can be viewed as a generalization of the important concept of dissipated quantity as well.