Irrational rotating flows on the two-torus #
The rotating Kepler frequency has the form (ω, -1). When ω is irrational, its flow is dense
on the angle torus. This file proves directly that a continuous invariant of that flow is
constant, using irrational rotations on a circle.
The circle with the natural angular period 2π.
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The two Delaunay angles.
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Translation by the rotating Kepler frequency (ω, -1) on the angle torus.
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On an irrational rotating Kepler torus, fixing the second angle and advancing through whole rotating periods gives a dense set of first angles.
A continuous function invariant under the rotating flow is independent of the first angle when the Kepler frequency is irrational.
A continuous invariant of an irrational rotating Kepler flow is constant on the entire two-torus.
Extensional form: every continuous invariant of an irrational rotating flow is a constant function.
For a jointly continuous family of invariants, angle-independence on the dense irrational frequencies extends to every frequency.
Extensional form of angle-independence for a continuous family of rotating-flow invariants.
A continuous periodic real function descends continuously to the corresponding additive circle.
A continuous real function with an ordinary period and an incommensurable second period is constant.
Real-lift form of the irrational two-torus argument: a continuous function, periodic in both
angles and invariant under (ω, -1) translation, is constant when ω is irrational.