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A variational framework for accelerated optimization was recently introduced on normed vector spaces and Riemannian manifolds in Wibisono et al. (2016) and Duruisseaux and Leok (2021). It was observed that a careful combination of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Valentin Duruisseaux , Melvin Leok

We present a method for the computation of the Generalized Alignment Index (GALI), a fast and effective chaos indicator, using a multi-particle approach that avoids variational equations. We show that this approach is robust and accurate by…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-25 Bertin Many Manda , Malcolm Hillebrand , Charalampos Skokos

Simulation of many-particle system evolution by molecular dynamics takes to decrease integration step to provide numerical scheme stability on the sufficiently large time interval. It leads to a significant increase of the volume of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-19 Eduard G. Nikonov

Hamilton's equations of motion form a fundamental framework in various branches of physics, including astronomy, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and climate science. Classical numerical solvers are typically employed to compute the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Priscilla Canizares , Davide Murari , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ferdia Sherry , Zakhar Shumaylov

We give a detailed study of the symplectic geometry of a family of integrable systems obtained by coupling two angular momenta in a non trivial way. These systems depend on a parameter t $\in$ [0, 1] and exhibit different behaviors…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-08 Yohann Le Floch , Álvaro Pelayo

Dynamics of a charged particle in the canonical coordinates is a Hamiltonian system, and the well-known symplectic algorithm has been regarded as the de facto method for numerical integration of Hamiltonian systems due to its long-term…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 Ruili Zhang , Hong Qin , Yifa Tang , Jian Liu , Yang He , Jianyuan Xiao

The numerical solution of an ordinary differential equation can be interpreted as the exact solution of a nearby modified equation. Investigating the behaviour of numerical solutions by analysing the modified equation is known as backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

Two specialized algorithms for the numerical integration of the equations of motion of a Brownian walker obeying detailed balance are introduced. The algorithms become symplectic in the appropriate limits, and reproduce the equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 R Mannella

Symplectic numerical methods have become a widely-used choice for the accurate simulation of Hamiltonian systems in various fields, including celestial mechanics, molecular dynamics and robotics. Even though their characteristics are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Donát M. Takács , Tamás Fülöp

We present an approach to construct appropriate and efficient emulators for Hamiltonian flow maps. Intended future applications are long-term tracing of fast charged particles in accelerators and magnetic plasma confinement configurations.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Katharina Rath , Christopher G. Albert , Bernd Bischl , Udo von Toussaint

We consider a numerical scheme for Hamilton-Jacobi equations based on a direct discretization of the Lax-Oleinik semi-group. We prove that this method is convergent with respect to the time and space stepsizes provided the solution is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-06 Anne Bouillard , Erwan Faou , Maxime Zavidovique

We propose a variational symplectic numerical method for the time integration of dynamical systems issued from the least action principle. We assume a quadratic internal interpolation of the state between two time steps and we approximate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-28 François Dubois , Juan Antonio Rojas-Quintero

We take into account the dynamics of three types of models of rotating galaxies in polar coordinates in a rotating frame. Due to non-axisymmetric potential perturbations, the angular momentum varies with time, and the kinetic energy depends…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-02-14 Li-Na Zhang , Wen-Fang Liu , Xin Wu

It is well known that symplectic integrators lose their near energy preservation properties when variable step sizes are used. The most common approach to combine adaptive step sizes and symplectic integrators involves the Poincar\'e…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-25 Valentin Duruisseaux , Jeremy Schmitt , Melvin Leok

A recently developed method for the calculation of Lyapunov exponents of dynamical systems is described. The method is applicable whenever the linearized dynamics is Hamiltonian. By utilizing the exponential representation of symplectic…

acc-phys · Physics 2008-02-03 Salman Habib , Robert D. Ryne

Numerical algorithms based on variational and symplectic integrators exhibit special features that make them promising candidates for application to general relativity and other constrained Hamiltonian systems. This paper lays part of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 David Brown

Symplectic mappings are discrete-time analogs of Hamiltonian systems. They appear in many areas of physics, including, for example, accelerators, plasma, and fluids. Integrable mappings, a subclass of symplectic mappings, are equivalent to…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2017-04-12 Timofey Zolkin , Sergei Nagaitsev , Viatcheslav Danilov

A new method is proposed for integrating the equations of motion of an elastic filament. In the standard finite-difference and finite-element formulations the continuum equations of motion are discretized in space and time, but it is then…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anthony JC Ladd , Gaurav Misra

On this paper, we have proposed an approach to observe the time-centered difference scheme for dissipative mechanical systems from a Hamiltonian perspective and to introduce the idea of symplectic algorithm to dissipative systems. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-08-06 Tianshu Luo , Yimu Guo

We prove a Nekhoroshev-type theorem for nearly integrable symplectic map. As an application of the theorem, we obtain the exponential stability symplectic algorithms. Meanwhile, we can get the bounds for the perturbation, the variation of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Zhaodong Ding , Zaijiu Shang , Bo Xie