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We establish kinetic Hamiltonian flows in density space embedded with the $L^2$-Wasserstein metric tensor. We derive the Euler-Lagrange equation in density space, which introduces the associated Hamiltonian flows. We demonstrate that many…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-12-17 Shui-Nee Chow , Wuchen Li , Haomin Zhou

In the present paper we have developed a Non-Commutative (NC) generalization of perfect fluid model from first principles, in a Hamiltonian framework. The noncommutativity is introduced at the Lagrangian (particle) coordinate space brackets…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-20 Praloy Das , Subir Ghosh

The paper describes the unique geometric properties of ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), and demonstrates how such features are inherited by extended MHD, viz. models that incorporate two-fluid effects (the Hall term and electron inertia).…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-06-03 Manasvi Lingam , George Miloshevich , Philip J. Morrison

We develop a covariant variational framework for relativistic electromagnetic continua (fluids and solid) based on Hamilton's principle formulated directly in the material description. The approach extends the geometric theory of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Francçois Gay-Balmaz

In this paper, we consider Hamiltonian structures of hydrodynamic type and some of their generalizations. In particular, we discuss the questions concerning the structure and special forms of the corresponding Poisson brackets and the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 A. Ya. Maltsev , S. P. Novikov

We introduce a new approach to Monge-Ampere geometry based on techniques from higher symplectic geometry. Our work is motivated by the application of Monge-Ampere geometry to the Poisson equation for the pressure that arises for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Lewis Napper , Ian Roulstone , Vladimir Rubtsov , Martin Wolf

We prove Noether-type theorems for fractional isoperimetric variational problems with Riemann-Liouville derivatives. Both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations are obtained. Illustrative examples, in the fractional context of the calculus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-09 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

Strongly nonlinear dynamics, from fluid turbulence to quantum chromodynamics, have long constituted some of the most challenging problems in theoretical physics. This review describes a unified theoretical framework, the loop space…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-27 Alexander Migdal

We propose Coadjoint Orbit FLIP (CO-FLIP), a high order accurate, structure preserving fluid simulation method in the hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian framework. We start with a Hamiltonian formulation of the incompressible Euler Equations, and…

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We consider the motion of a two-dimensional body of arbitrary shape in a planar irrotational, incompressible fluid with a given amount of circulation around the body. We derive the equations of motion for this system by performing…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-04 Joris Vankerschaver , Eva Kanso , Jerrold E. Marsden

An internal energy function of the mass density, the volumetric entropy and their gradients at n-order generates the representation of multi-gradient fluids. Thanks to Hamilton's principle, we obtain a thermodynamical form of the equation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-19 Henri Gouin

Continuum mechanics can be formulated in the Lagrangian frame (addressing motion of individual continuum particles) or in the Eulerian frame (addressing evolution of fields in an inertial frame). There is a canonical Hamiltonian structure…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Michal Pavelka , Ilya Peshkov , Vaclav Klika

Fluids can behave in a highly irregular, turbulent way. It has long been realised that, therefore, some weak notion of solution is required when studying the fundamental partial differential equations of fluid dynamics, such as the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Dennis Gallenmüller , Raphael Wagner , Emil Wiedemann

We study the existence of Hamiltonian semisprays on Lie algebroids. This work is motivated by a problem studied by Vaisman for tangent bundles, and we extend this question to the setting of arbitrary Lie algebroids and provide a general…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Misael Avendaño Camacho , Jhonny Kama Mamani , Eduardo Velasco Barreras

This work is devoted to the study of dissipative fluid systems, through the lens of a geometric variational formulation. Building upon previous works extending Hamilton's principle to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, the present method…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Bastien Manach-Pérennou , François Gay-Balmaz

A general, consistent and complete framework for geometrical formulation of mechanical systems is proposed, based on certain structures on affine bundles (affgebroids) that generalize Lie algebras and Lie algebroids. This scheme covers and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-22 Katarzyna Grabowska , Janusz Grabowski , PawełUrbański

We formulate a relativistic hydrodynamic theory for fluids with spin and intrinsic dilation charges. Using an entropy-current analysis, we derive constitutive relations featuring a bulk viscosity and a dilation conductivity governing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-19 Zhong-Hua Zhang , Xi-Hu Lv , Xu-Guang Huang

The special relativistic hydrodynamics with weak gravity is hitherto unknown in the literature. Whether such an asymmetric combination is possible was unclear. Here, the hydrodynamic equations with Poisson-type gravity considering fully…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-21 Jai-chan Hwang , Hyerim Noh

Hydrodynamic equations for a one-component plasma are derived as a generalization of the Euler equations to include the effects of the long-range Coulomb interaction. By using a variational principle, these equations self-consistently unify…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Daniels Krimans , Seth Putterman

Non-Abelian extensions of fluid dynamics, which can have applications to the quark-gluon plasma, are given. These theories are presented in a symplectic/Lagrangian formulation and involve a fluid generalization of the Kirillov-Kostant form…

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