Legendre Transformation and Analytical Mechanics: a Geometric Approach ∗ Enrico Massa Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università di Genova Via Dodecaneso, 35 - 16146 Genova (Italia) E-mail: [email protected] Enrico Pagani Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università di Trento Via Sommarive, 14 - 38050 Povo di Trento (Italia) E-mail: [email protected] Stefano Vignolo Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università di Genova Via Dodecaneso, 35 - 16146 Genova (Italia) E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A revisitation of the Legendre transformation in the context of affine principal bundles is presented. The argument, merged with the gauge–theoretical considerations developed in [1], provides a unified representation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics, extending to arbitrary non-autonomous systems the symplectic approach of W.M. Tulczyjew. PACS: 03.20+1 1991 Mathematical subject classification: 70D10, 58F05, 53C57 Keywords: Lagrangian dynamics, Legendre transformation, Symplectic geometry. 1 Introduction In recent papers [1, 2, 3, 4] a new geometrical framework for Analytical Mechanics has been developed. The formulation automatically embodies the invariance of Lagrange’s equations under gauge transformations of the form L → L + f˙, f˙ denoting the total time derivative of an arbitrary smooth function over the configuration manifold. Within this context we shall introduce an enhanced version ∗ Research partly supported by the National Group for Mathematical Physics (GNFMINDAM). of the Legendre transformation, and discuss its significance in the representation of the equations of motion. The argument extends to arbitrary dynamical systems the symplectic framework originally developed by Tulczyjew in time–independent Mechanics [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. The mathematical foundations of the method are dealt with in Section 2. The central point is the introduction of an involutory notion of duality between affine principal bundles. On this basis, the stated “enhanced version” of the Legendre transformation is established. The subsequent analysis, in Section 3, shows that the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian bundles, i.e. the cornerstones of the the gauge–theoretical formulation of Dynamics developed in [1], satisfy the duality criterion. A straightforward comparison with the results of Section 2 completes the construction, giving rise to a canonical diffeomorphism between higher jet bundles, essentially equivalent to the so called Tulczyjew triple T ∗ (T ∗ (M )) ↔ T (T ∗ (M )) ↔ T ∗ (T (M )). The dynamical implications of the scheme are discussed. 2 2.1 Affine spaces and affine bundles Algebraic preliminaries Let Q and X respectively denote an (n + 1)–dimensional affine space and a free vector on Q, or, what is the same, a constant vector field on Q . The quotient of Q by the 1-parameter group of translations ϕξ : x → x + ξX generated by X is then an n–dimensional affine space M , while the quotient map π : Q → M is an affine surjection, making Q into a principal fiber bundle over M , with structural group (<, +) and fundamental vector field X. In what follows, we shall refer M to (global) affine coordinates x1 , . . . , xn , and Q ∂ to fibered affine coordinates x1 , . . . , xn , u , with hX, dui = 1 ⇔ X = ∂u . ∗ Let Q denote the family of affine sections σ : M → Q. In coordinates, every σ ∈ Q∗ admits a representation of the form u = v + yi xi (2.1) The coefficients y1 , . . . , yn , v form a global coordinate system on Q∗ . The following assertions are entirely straightforward: • Q∗ is an (n + 1)–dimensional affine space, modelled on the vector space W ∗ formed by the totality of affine functions over M (known in the literature as the extended dual of M ); • the 1-parameter group of translations ϕξ : Q → Q acts in an obvious way on Q∗ , sending each section σ : u = v + yi xi into the section ϕξ · σ : u = v + ξ + yi xi . The generator of this action is a constant vector field Y on Q∗ , expressed in ∂ coordinates as Y = ∂v . Viewed as an element of the modelling space W ∗ , the vector Y coincides with the constant function f (x) ≡ 1 ∀ x ∈ M . Let M ∗ denote the quotient of Q∗ by the action σ → ϕξ · σ described above. A straightforward argument shows that the variables y1 , . . . , yn form an affine 2 coordinate system on M ∗ , and that the quotient map Q∗ → M ∗ is an affine surjection, making Q∗ into a principal fiber bundle over M ∗ , with structural group (<, +) and fundamental vector field Y . For each σ ∈ Q∗ , let Fσ : Q → < denote the associated trivialization of the bundle Q → M . The correspondence z, σ → Fσ (z) is then a function on Q × Q∗ , henceforth denoted by F (z, σ). In coordinates, eq. (2.1) provides the expression Fσ = u − v(σ) − yi (σ) xi mathematically equivalent to the representation F (xi , u, yi , v) = u − v − xi yi (2.2) Eq. (2.2) establishes a bi-affine pairing between the spaces Q and Q∗ , invariant under the 1-parameter group of translations (z, σ) 7→ (ϕξ (z), ϕξ · σ) (2.3) In terms of this pairing, the condition for a point z ∈ Q to belong to an affine section σ ∈ Q∗ , or, equivalently, for a section σ ∈ Q∗ to contain a point z ∈ Q, is expressed by the relation F (z, σ) = 0. In this respect, precisely in the same way as an element σ ∈ Q∗ is an affine section σ : M → Q, a point z ∈ Q may be viewed as an affine section z : M ∗ → Q∗ , described in coordinates as v = u(z) − xi (z) yi (2.4) and with image space z(M ∗ ) identical to the affine subspace of Q∗ formed by the totality of hyperplanes containing z. The previous arguments allow a simple characterization of the first jet spaces j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) associated with the fibrations Q → M and Q∗ → M ∗ . Recalling the interpretation of the bi-affine pairing (2.2) we have in fact Theorem 2.1 Both manifolds j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) are diffeomorphic to the submanifold S ⊂ Q × Q∗ described by the equation F (z, σ) = 0 . Proof: by definition, every pair (z, σ) ∈ S, meant as a point z ∈ Q and a hyperplane σ : M → Q through z is an element of j1 (Q, M ), while, meant as a point σ ∈ Q∗ and a hyperplane z : M ∗ → Q∗ containing σ, it belongs to j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ). A straightforward argument (left to the reader) shows that both correspondences S → j1 (Q, M ) and S → j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) obtained in this way are in fact diffeomorphisms. In view of Theorem 2.1, the bundles j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) may be identified. Depending on the context, we shall refer them to global coordinates xi , u, yi or xi , v, yi , related to each other by the correspondence u − v − xi yi = 0 3 (2.5) The content of Theorem 2.1 is completed by the following observations: a) both manifolds j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) are principal fiber bundles, with structural group (<, +) , and group actions obtained as jet-extensions of the maps ϕξ : Q → Q and ϕξ : Q∗ → Q∗ described above. With the identifications stated in Theorem 2.1, the resulting bundle structures are unified into the principal fibration S → M × M ∗ associated with the 1-parameter group of translations (2.3). Both coordinate systems xi , u, yi and xi , v, yi are fibered over M × M ∗ , with u, v playing the role of trivializations of the bundle S → M × M ∗ , and with the fun∂ ∂ damental vector field expressed indifferently as X̂ = ∂u = ∂v . ∗ ∗ b) by construction, each manifold j1 (Q, M ), j1 (Q , M ) carries a distinguished contact 1-form, known as the Liouville 1-form. Once again, with the identification stated in Theorem 2.1, both Liouville 1-forms are unified into a single geometrical object, expressed in coordinates as ϑ = du − yi dxi = dv + xi dyi (2.6) and playing the role of a connection 1-form over the bundle S → M × M ∗ . The exterior 2-form Ω := −dϑ = dyi ∧ dxi (2.7) identical, up to a sign, to the curvature of ϑ, endows the manifold M × M ∗ with a canonical symplectic structure. The previous discussion, summarized into the diagram j1 (Q, M ) ? ? M ? Q∗ M × M∗ Q ? j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) S (2.8) HH HH ? H j H M∗ is the core of the Legendre transformation between affine bundles. Every section ϕ : M → Q may in fact be lifted to a map j1 (ϕ) : M → j1 (Q, M ) , thereby giving rise, through the diagram (2.8), to correspondences Λϕ : M → Q∗ , λϕ : M → M ∗ and κϕ : M → M × M ∗ . The last one is nothing but the graph κϕ (x) = (x, λϕ (x)) of the map λϕ . As far as the other two are concerned, expressing ϕ as u = ϕ(x1 , . . . , xn ) , and recalling eq. (2.5), as well as the definition of j1 (ϕ) , we get the coordinate representations Λϕ : λϕ : ∂ϕ ∂xi ∂ϕ yi = ∂xi ; v = ϕ − xi yi = ∂ϕ ∂xi (2.9a) (2.9b) 4 In view of eqs. (2.7), (2.9b), the map κϕ satisfies the identity ∂ϕ ∗ ∗ i i κϕ (Ω) = λϕ (dyi ) ∧ dx = d dx = 0 ∂xi (2.10) indicating that the graph of λϕ is a Lagrangian submanifold of M × M ∗ . In a perfectly symmetric way, every section ψ : M ∗ → Q∗ , lifted to a map j1 (ψ) : M ∗ → j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ), gives rise, through the diagram (2.8), to correspondences Λψ : M ∗ → Q , λψ : M ∗ → M and κψ : M ∗ → M × M ∗ , with κψ representing the graph of λψ . In coordinates, expressing ψ as v = −ψ(y1 , . . . , yn ), we have the representations Λψ : xi = ∂ψ ∂yi λψ : xi = ∂ψ ∂yi ; u = −ψ + yi ∂ψ ∂yi (2.11a) (2.11b) Once again, in view of eq. (2.11b), the graph of λψ is easily recognized to be a Lagrangian submanifold of M × M ∗ . A special instance of the previous construction occurs when the map λϕ associated with the section ϕ : M → Q is a diffeomorphism, i.e. when the graph κϕ (M ) ⊂ M × M ∗ projects injectively onto M ∗ . Under the stated assumption, ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ the correspondence ψ := Λϕ · λ−1 ϕ : M → Q is a section of the bundle Q → M , described in coordinates as v = −yi xi + ϕ x1 , . . . , xn := −ψ (y1 , . . . , yn ) (2.12) with the variables xi defined implicitly in terms of the yi ’s through eqs. (2.9b). From eqs. (2.9b), (2.12), by elementary computations, we get the identities ∂ψ ∂xj ∂ϕ ∂xj = xi − yj − j = xi ∂yi ∂yi ∂x ∂yi ; ϕ = −ψ + yi ∂ψ ∂yi (2.13) Comparison with eqs. (2.11a, b) provides the identifications λψ = λ−1 ϕ ϕ = Λψ · λ ϕ ; pointing out the perfectly symmetric role played by the sections ϕ and ψ. Consistently with the current terminology, every diffeomorphism M ←→ M ∗ arising from a section ϕ : M → Q through the algorithm indicated above will be called a Legendre transformation. 2.2 Affine principal fibrations The construction of Subsection 2.1 is easily extended to the context of affine bundles over an arbitrary base manifold N . The basic structure is summarized into 5 the diagram Q −−−−→ πy N M π y (2.14) N in which Q → N and M → N are affine fibrations, while Q → M is both an affine bundle homomorphism, fibered over N , and a principal fiber bundle, with structural group (<, +) 1 . We shall refer the manifold N to local coordinates ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r . The bundles M and Q will be respectively referred to affine fibered coordinates ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r , x1 , . . . , xn and ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r , x1 , . . . , xn , u. The fibers of M → N and Q → N will be denoted by Mξ , Qξ , ξ ∈ N . For each ξ ∈ N let us now consider the family of affine sections σξ : Mξ → Qξ . As pointed out in Subsection 2.1, these form an affine space Qξ ∗ carrying an affine principal fibration Qξ ∗ → Mξ ∗ “dual” of the fibration Qξ → Mξ in the sense described by eq. (2.2). S S Introducing the spaces Q∗ := ξ∈N Qξ ∗ , M ∗ := ξ∈N Mξ ∗ , the situation is summarized into the commutative diagram Q∗ −−−−→ πy N M∗ π y (2.15) N in which all vertical arrows represent affine fibrations, while Q∗ → M ∗ is an affine bundle homomorphism and a principal fibration. Exactly as in Subsection 2.1, every coordinate system ξ α , xi , u on Q determines coordinates ξ α , yi , v on Q∗ and ξ α , yi on M ∗ on the basis of the requirement ξ α (σ) := ξ α (π(σ)) , v(σ) + yi (σ) xi (x) = u (σ(x)) ∀ x ∈ Mπ(σ) (2.16) Once again, the fibrations Q → M and Q∗ → M ∗ are dual of each other under the bi-affine pairing (z, σ) → F (z, σ) defined on the fibered product Q ×N Q∗ by F (z, σ) = u(z) − v(σ) − yi (σ) xi (z) (2.17) In particular, denoting by S the submanifold of Q×N Q∗ described by the equation F (z, σ) = 0 and recalling the proof of Theorem 2.1, we get the identifications [ [ (2.18) S= j1 (Qξ , Mξ ) = j1 (Qξ ∗, Mξ ∗ ) ξ∈N ξ∈N 1 Basically, this means that M is the quotient of Q by the action of the 1-parameter group of affine translations generated by an everywhere non-zero vector field X tangent to the fibers of Q → N , and constant along each fiber. 6 Depending on the context, we shall refer S to coordinates ξ α, xi, u, yi or ξ α, xi, yi , v, with transformation law u − v − xi yi = 0 (2.19) The previous arguments help analyzing the relationship between the first jet spaces j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) . To this end, prior to any further consideration, we recall that both spaces carry natural actions of the group (<, +), respectively obtained by lifting the group actions on Q → M and on Q∗ → M ∗ . Introducing the notation B := j1 (Q, M )/(<, +) , B ∗ := j1 (Q∗, M ∗ )/(<, +), the situation is expressed diagrammatically as j1 (Q, M ) −−−−→ y B j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) −−−−→ y Q y B∗ −−−−→ M Q∗ y (2.20) −−−−→ M ∗ the vertical arrows denoting affine principal fibrations. Using jet coordinates ξ α, xi , u, uα , ui on j1 (Q, M ) and ξ α, yi , v, vα , v i on j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ), the fundamental vector fields over j1 (Q, M ) → B and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) → B ∗ coincide ∂ ∂ respectively with the fields ∂u and ∂v . In addition to this, the manifolds j1 (Q, M ), j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) are endowed with corresponding Liouville 1-forms, expressed in coordinates as Θ1 = du − uα dξ α − ui dxi (2.21a) Θ2 = dv − vα dξ α − v i dyi (2.21b) and playing the role of connection 1-forms with respect to the principal fibrations j1 (Q, M ) → B and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) → B ∗ discussed above. Finally, by definition, for each z ∈ Q, the elements of the fiber j1 (Q, M )|z are equivalence classes of sections ϕ : M → Q having a first order contact at z. Setting ξ := π(z) ∈ N , the restriction of each such ϕ to the fiber Mξ is a section ϕξ : Mξ → Qξ . Moreover, if two sections ϕ, ϕ0 have a first order contact at z, the restrictions ϕξ , ϕ0ξ also do. S In this way, by varying z, we obtain a surjection j1 (Q, M ) → ξ∈N j1 (Qξ , Mξ ) . S A similar argument establishes the surjection j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) → ξ∈N j1 (Qξ ∗ , Mξ ∗ ) . In view of eq. (2.18) this makes both j1 (Q, M ) and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) into fiber bundles over the same base manifold S. On this basis, we state Theorem 2.2 There exists a unique diffeomorphism ψ : j1 (Q, M ) → j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) making the diagram ψ j1 (Q, M ) −−−−→ j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) y y S S commutative, and satisfying ψ ∗ (Θ2 ) = Θ1 . 7 (2.22) Proof: in coordinates, on account eqs. (2.18), (2.19), the requirement of commutativity of the diagram (2.22) is expressed by the relations ψ ∗ (ξ α ) = ξ α , ψ ∗ (yi ) = ui , ψ ∗ (v i ) = −xi , ψ ∗ (v) = u − xi ψ ∗ (yi ) = u − xi ui Comparison with eqs. (2.21a, b) provides the evaluation ψ ∗ (Θ2 ) = d(u − xi ui ) − ψ ∗ (vα ) dξ α + xi dui = Θ1 + [uα − ψ ∗ (vα )] dξ α showing that the condition ψ ∗ (Θ2 ) = Θ1 requires the further identification ψ ∗ (vα ) = uα This establishes at one time the existence and the uniqueness of a diffeomorphism ψ : j1 (Q, M ) → j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) satisfying all stated requirements. In view of Theorem 2.2, the bundles j1 (Q, M ) → B and j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) → B ∗ may be regarded as different copies of the same abstract bundle, henceforth denoted by J → B . Depending on the context, we shall refer the latter to fibered coordinates ξ α, xi , ηα , yi , u or ξ α, xi , ηα , yi , v, related to each other by the transformation law u − v − xi yi = 0 (2.23a) and to the ordinary jet-coordinates ξ α, xi , u, uα , ui on j1 (Q, M ) and ξ α, yi , v, vα , v i on j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) by the further identifications u i = yi , v i = −xi , uα = vα = ηα (2.23b) ∂ ∂ As a result, the fundamental vector fields ∂u and ∂v get identified. In a similar way, the Liouville 1-forms (2.21a, b) collapse into a single geometrical object, henceforth denoted by Θ, expressed in coordinates as Θ = du − ηα dξ α − yi dxi = dv − ηα dξ α + xi dyi (2.24) Ω := −dΘ = dηα ∧ dξ α + dyi ∧ dxi (2.25) The 2-form endows the base manifold B with a canonical symplectic structure. The previous arguments, summarized into the diagram j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ) J j1 (Q, M ) ? ? Q ? Q∗ B H ? M (2.26) HH ? HH j M∗ allow the construction of a completely involutory Legendre transformation between 8 the bundles Q → M and Q∗ → M ∗ . The line of approach, similar to the one exploited in Section 2.1, may be traced as follows: every section ϕ : M → Q may be lifted to a map j1 (ϕ) : M → j1 (Q, M ) , thereby giving rise, through the diagram (2.26), to correspondences Λϕ : M → Q∗ , λϕ : M → M ∗ and κϕ : M → B. In coordinates, expressing ϕ as u = ϕ(ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r, x1 , . . . , xn ) , and recalling eq. (2.23a), as well as the definition of j1 (ϕ) , we get the representations Λϕ : λϕ : κϕ : ∂ϕ ∂xi ∂ϕ yi = ∂xi ∂ϕ yi = ∂xi ; v = ϕ − xi yi = ∂ϕ ∂xi (2.27a) (2.27b) ; ηα = ∂ϕ ∂ξ α (2.27c) In view of eqs. (2.25), (2.27c), the map κϕ satisfies the identity ∂ϕ ∂ϕ ∗ ∗ α i α i κϕ (Ω) = κϕ dηα ∧ dξ + dyi ∧ dx = d dξ + i dx = 0 ∂ξ α ∂x (2.28) showing that the image κϕ (M ) is a Lagrangian submanifold of B. In a perfectly symmetric way, every section ψ : M ∗ → Q∗ , lifted to a map j1 (ψ) : M ∗ → j1 (Q∗, M ∗ ), induces correspondences Λψ : M ∗ → Q , λψ : M ∗ → M and κψ : M ∗ → B. The implementation in coordinates is entirely straightforward, and is left to the reader. Finally, when the map λϕ associated with the section ϕ : M → Q is a diffeo∗ ∗ morphism, the correspondence ψ := Λϕ · λ−1 ϕ : M → Q is a section of the bundle ∗ ∗ Q → M , described in coordinates as v = −yi xi + ϕ ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r, x1 , . . . , xn := −ψ ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r, y1 , . . . , yn (2.29) with the functions xi ξ 1 , . . . , ξ r, y1 , . . . , yn defined implicitly by eqs. (2.27b). From eqs. (2.27b), (2.29), by elementary computations, we get the identities ∂ψ ∂xj ∂ϕ ∂xj = xi − yj − j = xi ∂yi ∂yi ∂x ∂yi ; ϕ = −ψ + yi ∂ψ ∂yi (2.30) Comparison with eqs. (2.27a, b) provides the identifications λψ = λ−1 ϕ ϕ = Λψ · λ ϕ ; pointing out once again the symmetric role played by the sections ϕ and ψ The previous arguments extend to jet-bundles the classical approach to the Legendre transformation developed by Tulczyjew [5, 8]. In this connection, see also [12]. 9 3 Classical Mechanics 3.1 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian bundles A well known feature of Classical Mechanics is the invariance of Lagrange’s equations under gauge transformations of the form L → L + f˙ involving the total time derivative of an arbitrary smooth function over the configuration manifold. This fact is conveniently accounted for by working in an environment in which gauge equivalent Lagrangians may be thought of as different representations of the same geometrical object. The geometrical set-up, worked out in detail in [1, 2], relies t π → <, in which on the introduction of a double fibration P − → Vn+1 − • Vn+1 is the configuration space-time of the dynamical system in study, with t → < representing absolute time; the fibration Vn+1 − π • P − → Vn+1 is a principal fiber bundle, with structural group (<, +), called the bundle of affine scalars over Vn+1 . In what follows, we shall refer the manifold Vn+1 to local coordinates t, q i , and P to fibered local coordinates t, q i , u (i = 1 . . . , n) , u denoting any trivialization π of P → Vn+1 . The first jet bundles associated with the fibration P − → Vn+1 and t·π with the composite fibration P −−→ < , respectively denoted by j1 (P, Vn+1 ) and j1 (P, <) , will be referred to jet-coordinates t, q i , u, p0 , pi and t, q i , u, q̇ i , u̇ . The manifold j1 (P, <) provides the basic environment for the gauge-invariant Lagrangian formulation of Mechanics. As illustrated in [1, 2], the latter carries two mutually commuting actions of the group (<, +), locally generated by the vector ∂ fields ∂u and ∂∂u̇ , and giving rise to corresponding quotient spaces and quotient maps. The situation is summarized into the diagram j1 (P, <) −−−−→ Lc (Vn+1 ) y y (3.1) L(Vn+1 ) −−−−→ j1 (Vn+1 ) in which all arrows express principal fibrations with structural group (<, +), while j1 (Vn+1 ) := j1 (Vn+1 , <) denotes the velocity space of the system. More specifically, the manifold L(Vn+1 ), with coordinates t, q i , q̇ i , u̇, is the quo∂ tient of j1 (P, <) by the action generated by ∂u . The 1-parameter group generated ∂ by ∂ u̇ makes L(Vn+1 ) into a principal fiber bundle over j1 (Vn+1 ), known as the Lagrangian bundle. Every section l : j1 (Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ), expressed locally as u̇ = L(t, q i , q̇ i ) , is called a Lagrangian section. In a similar way, the quotient of j1 (P, <) by the action generated by ∂∂u̇ is denoted by Lc (Vn+1 ). The principal fiber bundle Lc (Vn+1 ) → j1 (Vn+1 ), with ∂ structural group generated by ∂u , is called the co-Lagrangian bundle. 10 As pointed out in [1], the use of Lagrangian sections in place of Lagrangian functions automatically embodies the gauge invariance of the theory under arbitrary transformations L → L + f˙, and establishes a natural interpretation of the Poincaré–Cartan 1-form as a connection 1-form over the co-Lagrangian bundle. The Hamiltonian counterpart of the construction stems from an analysis of the fibration P → Vn+1 . Once again, the first-jet space j1 (P, Vn+1 ) is endowed with two mutually commuting actions of the group (<, +), now generated by the vector ∂ fields ∂u , ∂p∂ 0 . These give rise to corresponding quotient spaces and quotient maps, summarized into the diagram j1 (P, Vn+1 ) −−−−→ Hc (Vn+1 ) y y H(Vn+1 ) (3.2) −−−−→ Π(Vn+1 ) in which all arrows express principal fibrations with structural group (<, +). The double quotient Π(Vn+1 ) is called the phase space of the system. More specifically: the manifold H(Vn+1 ), with coordinates t, q i , p0 pi , is the ∂ quotient of j1 (P, Vn+1 ) by the action generated by ∂u . The action generated ∂ by ∂p0 makes H(Vn+1 ) into a principal fiber bundle over Π(Vn+1 ), known as the Hamiltonian bundle. Every section h : Π(Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ), described in coordinates as p0 = H(t, q i , pi ) is called a Hamiltonian section. In a similar way, the quotient of j1 (P, Vn+1 ) by the action generated by ∂p∂ 0 is denoted by Hc (Vn+1 ). The principal fiber bundle Hc (Vn+1 ) → Π(Vn+1 ), with ∂ structural group generated by ∂u , is called the co-Hamiltonian bundle. The geometrical environment described by diagram (3.2) provides the starting point for a gauge-invariant formulation of Hamiltonian Mechanics. A thorough analysis of this point may be found in [1, 2, 3] and references therein. For the present purposes we simply remind that the Liouville 1-form of j1 (P, Vn+1 ), expressed in coordinates as ϑ := du − p0 dt − pi dq i (3.3) determines a connection over the principal fiber bundle j1 (P, Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ). The curvature of ϑ, described, up to a sign, by the exterior 2-form Ω := −dϑ = dp0 ∧ dt + dpi ∧ dq i (3.4) endows the base manifold H(Vn+1 ) with a canonical symplectic structure. 3.2 Higher jet spaces The algorithm developed in Subsection 2.2 applies in a natural way to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian bundles described in Subsection 3.1, thereby providing a mathematical environment for a unified formulation of time-dependent Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics. 11 To start with, let us focus on the commutative diagram L(Vn+1 ) −−−−→ j1 (Vn+1 ) y y Vn+1 (3.5) Vn+1 and observe that, by construction, both j1 (Vn+1 ) → Vn+1 and L(Vn+1 ) → Vn+1 are affine bundles (the second one identical to the quotient of j1 (P, <) → P by the ∂ action generated by the vector field ∂u ), while the map L(Vn+1 ) → j1 (Vn+1 ) is at the same time an affine bundle homomorphism, fibered over Vn+1 , and a principal fiber bundle, with structural group (<, +). The diagram (3.5) is therefore an example of affine principal fibration in the sense described in Subsection 2.2. In a perfectly symmetric way, the diagram H(Vn+1 ) −−−−→ Π(Vn+1 ) y y Vn+1 (3.6) Vn+1 defines another affine principal fibration over the same base space Vn+1 . More specifically, from the discussion of Subsection 3.1 we can draw the following conclusions: • the bundle H(Vn+1 ) → Vn+1 is canonically isomorphic to the space of connections over the principal fiber bundle P → Vn+1 . At each x ∈ Vn+1 , the elements of the fiber H(Vn+1 )|x are in fact equivalence classes of sections % : Vn+1 → P related to each other by the condition 2 % ∼ %0 ⇔ d % − %0 |x = 0 and therefore defining one and the same horizontal distribution along the fiber Px ; • every section % : Vn+1 → P defined in a neighborhood of a point x and described in coordinates as u = % (t, q 1 , . . . , q n ) may be lifted to a section j1 (Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ), denoted symbolically by %̇ , and expressed in coordi∂% k nates as u̇ = ∂% ∂t + ∂q k q̇ . The restriction of %̇ to the fiber j1 (Vn+1 )|x is an affine section %̇ |x : j1 (Vn+1 )|x → L(Vn+1 )|x . Two sections %, %0 satisfy %̇ |x = %̇0 |x if and only if the differential d (% − %0 ) vanishes at x. In view of the stated results, every element σ ∈ H(Vn+1 )|x is easily seen to determine an affine section u̇ = p 0 (σ) + pi (σ) q̇ i of the bundle L(Vn+1 )|x → j1 (Vn+1 )|x . With the terminology of Subsection 2.2 we have thus proved 2 Notice that, consistently with the definition of H(Vn+1 ), we are not requiring %(x) = %0 (x). 12 Proposition 3.1 The affine principal fibrations (3.5), (3.6) are affine dual of each other under the bi-affine map F : L(Vn+1 ) ×Vn+1 H(Vn+1 ) → < expressed in coordinates as F (t, q i , q̇ i , u̇, p 0 , pi ) = u̇ − p 0 − pi q̇ i (3.7) Together with Theorem 2.2, Proposition 3.1 gives rise to a canonical identification between the first-jet spaces j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) and j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )). In the present context, this result is further enhanced by considering the fibration H(Vn+1 ) → < coming from the composition H(Vn+1 ) → Vn+1 → <. Denoting by j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) the associated first jet space, and recalling that the manifold H(Vn+1 ) is canonically endowed with the symplectic structure (3.4), we have in fact the following Theorem 3.1 The manifolds j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) , j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) are canonically diffeomorphic. Proof: by definition, both manifolds in study may be regarded as affine subbundles, respectively of the tangent space T (H(Vn+1 )) and of the cotangent space T ∗ (H(Vn+1 )) , according to the identifications n o j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) = X | X ∈ T (H(Vn+1 )) , hX , dti = 1 (3.8a) n D E o ∂ j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) = ω | ω ∈ T ∗ (H(Vn+1 )) , (3.8b) ∂p 0 , ω = 1 The conclusion then follows from the identity ∂ ∂p 0 , −X Ω = −X ∧ ∂ ∂p 0 dp 0 ∧ dt + dpi ∧ dq i = X, dt showing that the correspondence X → −X Ω determines a diffeomorphism of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) onto j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )), fibered over H(Vn+1 ) . In view of the previous results, all spaces j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <), j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) and j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) are canonically diffeomorphic, and may be identified. For definiteness, and without any loss in generality, we choose to regard all of them as different copies of the manifold j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <). Depending on the context, we shall refer j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) to ordinary jet coordinates t, q i , p 0 , pi , q̇ i , ṗ 0 , ṗi , or to coordinates t, q i , u̇, pi , q̇ i , ṗ 0 , ṗi related to the previous ones by the transformation (analogous to eq. (2.23a)) u̇ − p 0 − pi q̇ i = 0 (3.9) The relationships with the standard jet coordinates t, q i , q̇ i , u̇, u̇ t , u̇ qi , u̇ q̇i on j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) and t, q i , pi , p 0 , p 0t , p 0qi , p 0pi on j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) are then expressed by the identifications ṗ 0 = u̇t = p 0t , ṗi = u̇ qi = p 0qi , pi = u̇ q̇i , q̇ i = −p 0pi summarizing the content of eqs. (2.23b), (3.4), and of Theorem 3.1. 13 (3.10) The quotient of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) by the action of the 1-parameter group of diffeomorphisms generated by the vector field ∂∂u̇ = ∂p∂ 0 will be denoted by B, and will be referred to coordinates t, q i , q̇ i , pi , ṗ 0 , ṗi . The quotient map makes j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) → B into a principal fiber bundle. The Liouville 1-forms of j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) and j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )), unified into the single expression Θ := du̇ − ṗ 0 dt − ṗi dq i − pi dq̇ i = dp 0 − ṗ 0 dt − ṗi dq i + q̇ i dpi (3.11) endow j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) → B with a canonical connection. The exterior 2-form Υ := −d Θ = dṗ 0 ∧ dt + dṗi ∧ dq i + dpi ∧ dq̇ i (3.12) makes the manifold B into a symplectic manifold. The previous discussion, summarized into the commutative diagram j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) ? j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) ? L(Vn+1 ) (3.13) ? H(Vn+1 ) B PP PP ? j1 (Vn+1 ) PP PP q ) ? Π(Vn+1 ) provides the necessary tool for the application of the Legendre transformation in time dependent Analytical Mechanics, along the lines discussed in Section 2. An alternative approach, leading to a construction bearing interesting analogies with diagram (3.13) may be found in [13]. 3.3 Dynamics As a final topic, we discuss the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of Dynamics within the geometrical framework developed so far. The analysis will provide a gauge–invariant extension to non-autonomous systems of the classical results of Tulczyjew [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Let l : j1 (Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ) denote a Lagrangian section, expressed in coordinates as u̇ = L(t, q i , q̇ i ). On account of the identifications (3.10), the first jet extension j1 (l) : j1 (Vn+1 ) → j1 (L(Vn+1 ), j1 (Vn+1 )) is described by the equations u̇ = L(t, q i , q̇ i ) , ṗ 0 = u̇ t = ∂L , ∂t ṗi = u̇ qi = ∂L , ∂q i pi = u̇ q̇i = ∂L ∂ q̇ i (3.14) The map j1 (l) carries a complete information on Dynamics. Indeed, according to the diagram (3.13), the image space E := j1 (l)(j1 (Vn+1 )) may be viewed as a submanifold of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <). Switching to coordinates t, q i , p 0 , pi , q̇ i , ṗ 0 , ṗi through eq. (3.9), let us accordingly rephrase eqs. (3.14) in the equivalent form p0 + ∂L i q̇ − L(t, q i , q̇ i ) = 0 , ∂ q̇ i ṗ 0 = ∂L , ∂t 14 pi = ∂L , ∂ q̇ i ṗi = ∂L ∂q i (3.15) By the very definition of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <), eqs. (3.15) provide a system of ordinary differential equations, not in normal form, for the determination of the family of sections γ : < → H(Vn+1 ) (⇔ γ(t) ≡ (t, q i (t), p 0 (t), pi (t)) ) whose jet extension γ̇ := j1 (γ) satisfies γ̇(t) ∈ E ∀ t. In the resulting context, the last pair of relations (3.15) reproduce the content of Lagrange’s equations d ∂L ∂L − i =0 i = 1, . . . , n i dt ∂ q̇ ∂q while the first pair describes the evolution of the Hamiltonian H := −L + ∂∂L q̇ i . q̇ i Precisely the same state of affairs occurs if one considers a Hamiltonian section h : Π(Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ) , expressed in coordinates as p 0 = −H(t, q i , pi ). On account of eqs. (3.10), the first jet extension j1 (h) : Π(Vn+1 ) → j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )) is now described by the system p 0 = −H(t, q i , pi ) , ṗ 0 = − ∂H , ∂t ṗi = − ∂H , ∂q i q̇ i = ∂H ∂pi (3.16) Once again, according to the diagram (3.13), the image space E := j1 (h)(Π(Vn+1 )) may be regarded as a (2n + 1)–dimensional submanifold of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) . Eqs. (3.16) play therefore the role of a system of ordinary differential equations, now in normal form, characterizing the totality of sections γ : < → H(Vn+1 ) whose jet extension satisfies γ̇(t) ∈ E ∀ t. More specifically, the last pair of eqs. (3.16) reproduces the content of Hamilton’s equations, while the first pair describes the evolution of the Hamiltonian. For completeness, let us also write down the Legendre maps associated with the sections l : j1 (Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ) and h : Π(Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ) considered above. The argument is a replica of the one worked out in detail in Section 2.2, so that we shall merely state the results: (i) given any section l : j1 (Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ) , consider the jet extension j1 (l). Composing the latter with the (significant) vertical arrows of the diagram (3.13) generates three maps Λl : j1 (Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ) , λl : j1 (Vn+1 ) → Π(Vn+1 ) and κl : j1 (Vn+1 ) → B. In coordinates, expressing l as u̇ = L(t, q i , q̇ i ), we have the explicit representations (see eqs. (2.27a, b, c)) Λl : pi = ∂L ∂ q̇ i λl : pi = ∂L ∂ q̇ i κl : pi = ∂L ∂ q̇ i ; p 0 = L − q̇ i ∂L ∂ q̇ i (3.17a) (3.17b) ; ṗ 0 = 15 ∂L ; ∂t ṗi = ∂L ∂q i (3.17c) In view of eqs. (3.12), (3.17c), the map κl satisfies the identity κ∗l (Υ) = κ∗l dṗ 0 ∧ dt + dṗi ∧ dq i + dpi ∧ dq̇ i = ∂L i ∂L i ∂L dt + i dq + i dq̇ ≡ 0 =d ∂t ∂q ∂ q̇ (3.18) indicating that the image space κl (j1 (Vn+1 )) is a Lagrangian submanifold of B. Eqs. (3.17b) express the familiar Legendre transformation. Under the reg2 ularity assumption det ∂ q̇∂i ∂Lq̇j 6= 0, the latter may be solved with respect to the variables q̇ i . Substituting the result into the second equation (3.17a) one then gets the expression p 0 = −H(t, q i , pi ), describing the Hamiltonian section h : Π(Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ) associated with l. A perfectly symmetric construction holds starting with a Hamiltonian section h : Π(Vn+1 ) → H(Vn+1 ). Once again the jet extension j1 (h) : Π(Vn+1 ) → j1 (H(Vn+1 ), Π(Vn+1 )), composed with the significant vertical arrows of diagram (3.13), gives rise to maps Λh : Π(Vn+1 ) → L(Vn+1 ) , λh : Π(Vn+1 ) → j1 (Vn+1 ) and κh : Π(Vn+1 ) → B, expressed in coordinates as Λh : q̇ i = ∂H ∂pi λh : q̇ i = ∂H ∂pi κh : q̇ i = ∂H ∂pi ; u̇ = −H + ∂H pi ∂pi (3.19a) (3.19b) ; ṗ 0 = − ∂H ; ∂t ṗi = − ∂H ∂q i (3.19c) H(t, q i , pi ) denoting the Hamiltonian function involved in the local representation of h. Exactly as above, eqs. (3.12), (3.17c) provide the identity κ∗h (Υ) = κ∗h dṗ 0 ∧ dt + dṗi ∧ dq i + dpi ∧ dq̇ i = ∂H ∂H i ∂H =d − dt − i dq − dpi ≡ 0 (3.20) ∂t ∂q ∂pi showing that the image space κh (H(Vn+1 )) is a Lagrangian submanifold of B. 2 H Under the further assumption det ∂p∂ i ∂p 6= 0 eqs. (3.19b) may be solved with j respect to the variables pi , in which case the second expression (3.19a) provides the representation of the Lagrangian section associated with h. From a geometrical viewpoint, a significant implication of the previous discussion is the fact that, in the environment j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) , the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approaches to Mechanics are nothing but different representations of the same (2n + 1)–dimensional submanifold, described indifferently as E = j1 (l)(j1 (Vn+1 )) = j1 (h)(Π(Vn+1 )) . This aspect is further enhanced by observing i that, according to eqs. (3.11), (3.14), (3.16), the embedding E − → j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) satisfies the identity i∗ (Θ) = 0 (3.21) 16 showing that the hypersurface E is horizontal with respect to the canonical connection of j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) → B. Now, a straightforward argument indicates that every horizontal submanifold i : S → j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <) has dimension ≤ 2n + 1 3 . Regular dynamical systems may therefore be viewed as horizontal submanifolds of maximal dimension in j1 (H(Vn+1 ), <), projecting injectively onto both j1 (Vn+1 ) and Π(Vn+1 ). 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