The approximate Noether symmetries and approximate first integrals for the approximate Hamiltonian systems

Abstract

We provide the Hamiltonian version of the approximate Noether theorem developed for the perturbed ordinary differential equations (ODEs) (Govinder et al. in Phys Lett 240(3):127–131, 1998) for the approximate Hamiltonian systems. We follow the procedure adopted by Dorodnitsyn and Kozlov (J Eng Math 66(1–3):253–270, 2010) for the Hamiltonian systems of unperturbed ODEs. The approximate Legendre transformation connects the approximate Hamiltonian and approximate Lagrangian. The approximate Noether symmetries determining equation for the approximate Hamiltonian systems is defined explicitly. We provide a formula to establish an approximate first integral associated with an approximate Noether symmetry of the approximate Hamiltonian systems. We analyzed several physical models to elaborate the approach developed here.