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Variational integrators are momentum-preserving and symplectic numerical methods used to propagate the evolution of Hamiltonian systems. In this paper, we introduce a new class of variational integrators that achieve fourth-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Gerardo De La Torre , Todd Murphey

Variational integrators are a special kind of geometric discretisation methods applicable to any system of differential equations that obeys a Lagrangian formulation. In this thesis, variational integrators are developed for several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-08 Michael Kraus

This paper develops numerical methods for optimal control of mechanical systems in the Lagrangian setting. It extends the theory of discrete mechanics to enable the solutions of optimal control problems through the discretization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Fernando Jimenez , Marin Kobilarov , David Martin de Diego

It is well-known that if a symplectic integrator is applied to a Hamiltonian system, then the modified equation, whose solutions interpolate the numerical solutions, is again Hamiltonian. We investigate this property from the variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Mats Vermeeren

This paper presents a method to construct variational integrators for time-dependent lagrangian systems. The resulting algorithms are symplectic, preserve the momentum map associated with a Lie group of symmetries and also describe the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 M. de Leon , D. Martin de Diego

The anelastic and pseudo-incompressible equations are two well-known soundproof approximations of compressible flows useful for both theoretical and numerical analysis in meteorology, atmospheric science, and ocean studies. In this paper,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Werner Bauer , François Gay-Balmaz

We provide a general framework for the stability of solutions to stochastic partial differential equations with respect to perturbations of the drift. More precisely, we consider stochastic partial differential equations with drift given as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-03 Benjamin Gess , Jonas M. Tölle

In this paper we investigate a variational discretization for the class of mechanical systems in presence of symmetries described by the action of a Lie group which reduces the phase space to a (non-trivial) principal bundle. By introducing…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo , Fernando Jiménez

Discrete Hamiltonian variational integrators are derived from Type II and Type III generating functions for symplectic maps, and in this paper we establish a variational error analysis result that relates the order of accuracy of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-09 Jeremy M. Schmitt , Melvin Leok

We construct several variational integrators--integrators based on a discrete variational principle--for systems with Lagrangians of the form L = L_A + epsilon L_B, with epsilon << 1, where L_A describes an integrable system. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-25 Will M. Farr

Symplectic integrators offer many advantages for the numerical solution of Hamiltonian differential equations, including bounded energy error and the preservation of invariant sets. Two of the central Hamiltonian systems encountered in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 C. Leland Ellison , John M. Finn , Joshua W. Burby , Michael Kraus , Hong Qin , William M. Tang

Stochastic mechanics is regarded as a physical theory to explain quantum mechanics with classical terms such that some of the quantum mechanics paradoxes can be avoided. Here we propose a new variational principle to uncover more insights…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 Jianhao M. Yang

In this manuscript, we extend Constantin-Iyer's Lagrangian formulation of Navier-Stokes Equation to a wider class of hydrodynamic models. Moreover, we prove that such Lagrangian formulation is naturally derived from a stochastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Anna Mazzucato , Anping Pan

This paper derives stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) for fluid dynamics from a stochastic variational principle (SVP). The Legendre transform of the Lagrangian formulation of these SPDEs yields their Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-19 Darryl D. Holm

In this paper we study, from a variational and geometrical point of view, second-order variational problems on Lie groupoids and the construction of variational integrators for optimal control problems. First, we develop variational…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-06-30 Leonardo Colombo , David Martin de Diego

The problem of 3-dimensional, convex rigid-body collision over a plane is fully investigated; this includes bodies with sharp corners that is resolved without the need for nonsmooth convex analysis of tangent and normal cones. In…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Khoa Tran , Melvin Leok

In this work, we present a comprehensive theory of stochastic integration with respect to arbitrary cylindrical L\'evy processes in Hilbert spaces. Since cylindrical L\'evy processes do not enjoy a semi-martingale decomposition, our…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Gergely Bodó , Markus Riedle

This work focuses on topics related to Hamiltonian stochastic differential equations with L\'{e}vy noise. We first show that the phase flow of the stochastic system preserves symplectic structure, and propose a stochastic version of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Pingyuan Wei , Ying Chao , Jinqiao Duan

This paper is concerned with stochastic Hamiltonian systems which model a class of open dynamical systems subject to random external forces. Their dynamics are governed by Ito stochastic differential equations whose structure is specified…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-06-29 Igor G. Vladimirov , Ian R. Petersen

Discrete control systems, as considered here, refer to the control theory of discrete-time Lagrangian or Hamiltonian systems. These discrete-time models are based on a discrete variational principle, and are part of the broader field of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-29 Taeyoung Lee , Melvin Leok , N. Harris McClamroch