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A MEMOIR ON DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.
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and again treating a, b, H as variable, we have
dV—pdx—qdy— rdz = d\ +(t — t) dH + Ada + Bdb,
where A, B are functions of the integrals a, b, c, d, e, that is, they are themselves
integrals, which may be taken for the integrals d, e, or we have
dV — p dx— qdy — r dz — dX + (£ — t) dH + dda + edb;
we have therefore
dV_ dV
da ~ d} db
equations which, on substituting therein for a, b, H their values as functions of
x, y, z, p, q, r, determine the integrals d, e, which with a, b, H or a, b, c, are the
remaining integrals of the Hamiltonian system; and further
which, when in like manner, we substitute therein for a, b, H, their values as
functions of x, y, z, p, q, r, determines r, the remaining integral of the system as
increased by the equality = dt.
58. Reverting to the general theorem No. 52, let x 0 , y 0 , z 0 , p 0 , q 0 , r 0 , t 0 be cor
responding values of the variables x, y, z, p, q, r, t; and let a 0 , &c., ..., V 0 be the
same functions of x 0 , y 0 , z 0 , p 0 , q 0 , r 0 , 4 that a, &c.,..., V are of the variables; we
have a = a 0 ,..., e = e 0 , and corresponding to the equation
dV —pdx — qdy —rdz = d\ + (t — r) dH + Ada + ... + Ede,
the like equation
dVo-p 0 dx 0 — q 0 dy 0 - r 0 dz 0 = d\ + (t 0 — r) dH + Ada + ... + Ede.
Hence, subtracting
dV - dV 0 = (t — 4) dH +p dx + qdy + r dz — p 0 dx 0 — q 0 dy 0 — r 0 dz 0 ,
or, considering only H as an absolute constant,
dV-dV 0 =
pdx + qdy + rdz-p 0 dx 0 - q 0 dy Q - r 0 dz 0 ;
viz. if from the equations H = const., a = a 0 , b = b 0 , c = c 0 , d = d 0 , e = e 0 , we express
P, q, r > Po, q», r 0 as functions of x, y, z, x 0 , y 0 , z 0 , H, then
p dx + qdy + r dz - p 0 dx 0 — q 0 dy 0 — r 0 dz 0
will be an exact differential. And in particular regarding x 0 , y 0 , z 0 as constants, then
p dx + qdy + rdz is an exact differential, viz. there exists a function
We have thus again arrived at a solution of the partial differential equation H= const.
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