The Classical Isotropic bi-Dimensional Oscilator in the Eisenhart Formulation of Classical Mechanics

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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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Accordingly with the general theory of relativity, the motion of a particle by the only action of inertia and gravity is described by a space-time geodesic. We use the Eisenhart geometric formulation of classical mechanics to establish a correspondence between geodesics and paths in phase space of the classical bi-dimensional isotropic oscillator. The Killing vectors and its associated constants of motion are presented and compared with nonNoetherian motion constant calculated by S. Hojman and collaborators.   Keywords: Geometric Mechanics, Geometrical and tensorial methods, Formalisms in classical mechanics.
De acuerdo con la Teoría de la Relatividad General, el movimiento de partículas por acción de su inercia y la gravedad es descrito por geodésicas en el espacio-tiempo. Utilizamos la formulación Geométrica de Eisenhart de la Mecánica Clásica para establecer una correspondencia entre geodésicas y trayectorias en el espacio de fases del oscilador clásico isótropo. Se presentan los vectores de Killing y las constantes de movimiento asociadas, se comparan con las constantes de movimiento no noetheriano calculadas por S. Hojman y colaboradores.
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Geometric Mechanics, Geometrical and tensorial methods, Formalisms in classical mechanics, Geometric Mechanics, Geometrical and tensorial methods, Formalisms in classical mechanics
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