Linear and nonlinear Hamiltonian systems are studied on time scales . We unify symplectic flow properties of discrete and continuous Hamiltonian systems. A chain rule which unifies discrete and continuous settings is presented for our so-called alpha derivatives on generalized time scales. This chain rule allows transformation of linear Hamiltonian systems on time scales under simultaneous change of independent and dependent variables, thus extending the change of dependent variables recently obtained by Došlý and Hilscher. We also give the Legendre transformation for nonlinear Euler-Lagrange equations on time scales to Hamiltonian systems on time scales.
1. Introduction. Let P(x) be an m × m matrix-valued function that is continuous, real, symmetric, and positive definite for all x in an interval J , which will be further specified. Let w(x) be a positive and continuous weight function and define the formally self adjoint operator l bywhere y(x) is assumed to be an m-dimensional vector-valued function. The operator l generates a minimal closed symmetric operator L0 in the Hilbert space ℒm2(J; w) of all complex, m-dimensional vector-valued functions y on J satisfyingwith inner productwhere . All selfadjoint extensions of L0 have the same essential spectrum ([5] or [19]). As a consequence, the discreteness of the spectrum S(L) of one selfadjoint extension L will imply that the spectrum of every selfadjoint extension is entirely discrete.
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