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The dynamics of some non-conservative and dissipative systems can be derived by calculating the first variation of an action-dependent action, according to the variational principle of Herglotz. This is directly analogous to the variational…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Joseph Ryan

A new method is presented for obtaining indefinite integrals of common special functions. The approach is based on a Lagrangian formulation of the general homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation of second order. A general integral…

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A simple variational Lagrangian is proposed for the time development of an arbitrary density matrix, employing the "factorization" of the density. Only the "kinetic energy" appears in the Lagrangian. The formalism applies to pure and mixed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Englman , A. Yahalom

We propose a novel algorithmic method for constructing invariant variational schemes of systems of ordinary differential equations that are the Euler-Lagrange equations of a variational principle. The method is based on the invariantization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Alex Bihlo , James Jackaman , Francis Valiquette

We apply the method of inverse iteration to the Laplace eigenvalue problem with Robin and mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions, respectively. For each problem, we prove convergence of the iterates to a non-trivial principal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Benjamin Lyons , Emily Ruttenberg , Nicholas Zitzelberger

Graded Lagrangian formalism in terms of a Grassmann-graded variational bicomplex on graded manifolds is developed in a very general setting. This formalism provides the comprehensive description of reducible degenerate Lagrangian systems,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-13 G. Sardanashvily

As an alternative to the covariant Ostrogradski method, we show that higher-derivative relativistic Lagrangian field theories can be reduced to second differential-order by writing them directly as covariant two-derivative theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 F. J. de Urries , J. Julve , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

In this paper we proposed a proposition: for any nonconservative classical mechanical system and any initial condition, there exists a conservative one; the two systems share one and only one common phase curve; the Hamiltonian of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-06 Tianshu Luo , Yimu Guo

We introduce in this document a direct method allowing to solve numerically inverse type problems for linear parabolic equations. We consider the reconstruction of the full solution of the parabolic equation posed in $\Omega\times (0,T)$ -…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-11 Arnaud Munch , Diego Souza

Loop corrections induce a dependence on the momentum squared of the coefficients of the Standard Model Lagrangian, making highly non-trivial (or even impossible) the diagonalization of its quadratic part. Fortunately, the introduction of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-06 Quentin Duret , Bruno Machet , M. I. Vysotsky

A general discussion of equations with universal invariance for a scalar field is provided in the framework of Lagrangian theory of first-order systems.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Dan Radu Grigore

We consider inverse problems for non-linear hyperbolic and elliptic equations and give an introduction to the method based on the multiple linearization, or on the construction of artificial sources, to solve these problems. The method is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Matti Lassas

The invariance of the Lagrangian under time translations and rotations in Kepler's problem yields the conservation laws related to the energy and angular momentum. Noether's theorem reveals that these same symmetries furnish generalized…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-08 Javier Roa

We establish the Lagrangian nature of the discrete isospectral and isomonodromic dynamical systems corresponding to the re-factorization transformations of the rational matrix functions on the Riemann sphere. Specifically, in the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-14 Anton Dzhamay

The aim of this paper is to bring together two approaches to non-conservative systems -- the generalized variational principle of Herglotz and the fractional calculus of variations. Namely, we consider functionals whose extrema are sought,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-04 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska

The friction force is derived using fractional calculus by considering the non-uniform flow of time in dissipative processes. The approach incorporates inhomogeneous velocity without unphysical approximations, resulting in a Lagrangian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-22 Georgii Koniukov

Invariant finite-difference schemes for the one-dimensional shallow water equations in the presence of a magnetic field for various bottom topographies are constructed. Based on the results of the group classification recently carried out…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-28 E. I. Kaptsov , V. A. Dorodnitsyn

We consider the Euler equations of incompressible inviscid fluid dynamics. We discuss a variational formulation of the governing equations in Lagrangian coordinates. We compute variational symmetries of the action functional and generate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-06-21 Ravi Shankar

The field-theoretical approach is reviewed. Perturbations in general relativity as well as in an arbitrary $D$-dimensional metric theory are studied on a background, which is a solution (arbitrary) of the theory. Lagrangian for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-10-16 A. N. Petrov

A direct reformulation of the Hamiltonian formalism in terms of the intrinsic geometry of infinitely prolonged differential equations is obtained. Concepts of spatial equation and spatial-gauge symmetry of a Lagrangian system of equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-11-22 Kostya Druzhkov