Constructing a Complete Integral of the Hamilton–Jacobi Equation on Pseudo-Riemannian Spaces with Simply Transitive Groups of Motions

Abstract

In this work, an efficient method for constructing a complete integral of the geodesic Hamilton-Jacobi equation on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds with simply transitive groups of motions is suggested. The method is based on using a special transition to canonical coordinates on coadjoint orbits of the group of motion. As a non-trivial example, we consider the problem of constructing a complete integral of the geodesic Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the McLenaghan-Tariq-Tupper spacetime. An essential feature of this example is that the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is not separable in the corresponding configuration space.