Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1894122 | Chaos, Solitons & Fractals | 2006 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
We study a type of one-dimensional dynamical systems on the corresponding two-dimensional phase space. By using arguments related to the existence of integrating factors for Pfaff equations, we show that some one-dimensional non-Hamiltonian systems like dissipative systems, admit a Hamiltonian description by sectors on the phase plane. This picture is not uniquely defined and is coordinate dependent. A simple example is exhaustively discussed. The method, is not always applicable to systems with higher dimensions.
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Authors
M. Castagnino, M. Gadella, L.P. Lara,