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Multisymplectic variational integrators are structure preserving numerical schemes especially designed for PDEs derived from covariant spacetime Hamilton principles. The goal of this paper is to study the properties of the temporal and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-18 François Demoures , François Gay-Balmaz , Tudor S. Ratiu

Stochastic variational integrators for constrained, stochastic mechanical systems are developed in this paper. The main results of the paper are twofold: an equivalence is established between a stochastic Hamilton-Pontryagin (HP) principle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-09-23 Nawaf Bou-Rabee , Houman Owhadi

This article considers non-relativistic charged particle dynamics in both static and non-static electromagnetic fields, which are governed by nonseparable, possibly time-dependent Hamiltonians. For the first time, explicit symplectic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-23 Molei Tao

A novel symplectic integrator for Hamiltonian equations on $S_2^n \times T^{\ast} \RR^m$ is developed and studied. Partitioned Runge--Kutta methods for Hamiltonian systems on products of Hamiltionian manifolds are studied, specifically,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Geir Bogfjellmo

In this article, we generalize the theory of discrete Lagrangian mechanics and variational integrators in two principal directions. First, we show that Lagrangian submanifolds of symplectic groupoids give rise to discrete dynamical systems,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-11-04 Juan Carlos Marrero , David Martín de Diego , Ari Stern

The paper deals with numerical discretizations of separable nonlinear Hamiltonian systems with additive noise. For such problems, the expected value of the total energy, along the exact solution, drifts linearly with time. We present and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Chuchu Chen , David Cohen , Raffaele D'Ambrosio , Annika Lang

This paper presents a geometric-variational approach to continuous and discrete mechanics and field theories. Using multisymplectic geometry, we show that the existence of the fundamental geometric structures as well as their preservation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jerrold E. Marsden , George W. Patrick , Steve Shkoller

We consider Hamiltonian systems in first-order multisymplectic field theories. We review the properties of Hamiltonian systems in the so-called restricted multimomentum bundle, including the variational principle which leads to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-11 Arturo Echeverria-Enriquez , Manuel de Leon , Miguel C. Munoz-Lecanda , Narciso Roman-Roy

The difference variational bicomplex, which is the natural setting for systems of difference equations, is constructed and used to examine the geometric and algebraic properties of various systems. Exactness of the bicomplex gives a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Linyu Peng , Peter E. Hydon

It is well known that the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions of field theories are equivalent at the discrete time level when variational integrators are used. Besides the symplectic Hamiltonian structure, many physical systems exhibit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Andrea Brugnoli , Volker Mehrmann

A discrete total variation calculus with variable time steps is presented in this letter. Using this discrete variation calculus, we generalize Lee's discrete mechanics and derive variational symplectic-energy-momentum integrators by Kane,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jing-Bo Chen , Han-Ying Guo , Ke Wu

Group based moving frames have a wide range of applications, from the classical equivalence problems in differential geometry to more modern applications such as computer vision. Here we describe what we call a discrete group based moving…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2012-12-24 Elizabeth Mansfield , Gloria Marí Beffa , Jing Ping Wang

We define partial differential (PD in the following), i.e., field theoretic analogues of Hamiltonian systems on abstract symplectic manifolds and study their main properties, namely, PD Hamilton equations, PD Noether theorem, PD Poisson…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-08 L. Vitagliano

We present a discrete analog of the recently introduced Hamilton-Pontryagin variational principle in Lagrangian mechanics. This unifies two, previously disparate approaches to discrete Lagrangian mechanics: either using the discrete…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-19 Ari Stern

The time dependent-integrals of motion, linear in position and momentum operators, of a quantum system are extracted from Noether's theorem prescription by means of special time-dependent variations of coordinates. For the stationary case…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 O. Castaños , R. López-Peña , V. I. Man'ko

We consider a broad class of systems of nonlinear integro-differential equations posed on the real line that arise as Euler-Lagrange equations to energies involving nonlinear nonlocal interactions. Although these equations are not readily…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Bente Bakker , Arnd Scheel

Modifying the discrete mechanics proposed by T.D. Lee, we construct a class of discrete classical Hamiltonian systems, in which time is one of the dynamical variables. This includes a toy model of time machines which can travel forward and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-11 Hans-Thomas Elze

We review in detail the Hamiltonian dynamics for constrained systems. Emphasis is put on the total Hamiltonian system rather than on the extended Hamiltonian system. We provide a systematic analysis of (global and local) symmetries in total…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-29 Xavier Bekaert , Jeong-Hyuck Park

Some problems on variations are raised for classical discrete mechanics and field theory and the difference variational approach with variable step-length is proposed motivated by Lee's approach to discrete mechanics and the difference…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Han-Ying Guo , Ke Wu

Symplectic integration algorithms are well-suited for long-term integrations of Hamiltonian systems because they preserve the geometric structure of the Hamiltonian flow. However, this desirable property is generally lost when adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-20 Miguel Preto , Scott Tremaine