Details

For details of published calculations, see [1, 2]. Our approach follows [3]. Starting with a Hamiltonian

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we transform to the polar coordinates of phase space

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where . The preceding algorithm approximately solves this implicit equation by series inversion, producing a truncated sum

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The corresponding approximate period is then calculated using

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Analyzing the general period function first reported in [4], we prove that every power of the Hamiltonian energy attaches to a function of the potential expansion coefficients with a pair that does not occur in the coefficient of any with . This fact allows order-by-order construction of isoperiodic potentials as series expansions around a stable minima.

The isoperiodic constraint between two distinct potentials with expansion coefficients and is

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Fixing the values and applying the isoperiodic constraint to the yet leaves one continuous degree of freedom in every coefficient . These continuous degrees of freedom are controlled by sliders in this Demonstration, which directly enables you to calculate a range of isoperiodic potentials. Methods used here have also contributed to award-winning posts on Wolfram Community [5, 6].

By direct evaluation of the period function for the expansion coefficients of the Morse potential and the Pöschl–Teller potential, it is possible to prove approximate isoperiodicity order-by-order, as in the commented code at the end of the initialization section. Comparing coefficients, we expect direct evaluation of both period integrals to yield

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References

[1] M. Asorey, J. F. Cariñena, G. Marmo and A. Perelomov, "Isoperiodic Classical Systems and Their Quantum Counterparts," Annals of Physics, 322(6), 2007 pp. 1444–1465. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2006.07.003.

[2] E. T. Osypowski and M. G. Olsson, "Isynchronous Motion in Classical Mechanics," American Journal of Physics, 55(8), 1987 pp. 720–725. doi:10.1119/1.15063.

[3] B. Klee, "Plane Pendulum and Beyond by Phase Space Geometry." arxiv.org/abs/1605.09102.

[4] The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. (Apr 4, 2017) oeis.org/A276816.

[5] B. Klee, "A Period Function for Anharmonic Oscillations" from Wolfram Community—A Wolfram Web Resource. (Apr 4, 2017) community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/984488.

[6] B. Klee, "Plotting the Contours of Deformed Hyperspheres" from Wolfram Community—A Wolfram Web Resource. (Apr 4, 2017) community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/1023763.