Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ii/paper-1/32a/e/solution

The Hamiltonian in the question is
Define
Each is a first integral, the functions involve disjoint canonical coordinate pairs and hence satisfy , and their differentials are independent wherever every . Since , these integrals prove Liouville integrability of the isotropic harmonic oscillator.
For constants , the common level is
so the regular invariant set is
Hamilton's equations give , so every angle evolves as . If some , the corresponding circle collapses and the level is a lower-dimensional singular invariant torus.

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