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This work contains a brief and elementary exposition of the foundations of Poisson and symplectic geometries, with an emphasis on applications for Hamiltonian systems with second-class constraints. In particular, we clarify the geometric…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Alexei A. Deriglazov

In a Hamiltonian system with first class constraints observables can be defined as elements of a quotient Poisson bracket algebra. In the gauge fixing method observables form a quotient Dirac bracket algebra. We show that these two algebras…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. V. Bratchikov

In the Dirac bracket approach to dynamical systems with second class constraints observables are represented by elements of a quotient Dirac bracket algebra. We describe families of new realizations of this algebra through quotients of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Bratchikov

First-class constraints constitute a potential obstacle to the computation of a Poisson bracket in Dirac's theory of constrained Hamiltonian systems. Using the pseudoinverse instead of the inverse of the matrix defined by the Poisson…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-17 C. Chandre

We present a Hamiltonian derivation of a class of reduced plasma two-dimensional fluid models, an example being the Charney-Hasegawa-Mima equation. These models are obtained from the same parent Hamiltonian model, which consists of the ion…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2010-04-20 Cristel Chandre , Emanuele Tassi , Philip J. Morrison

These are pedagogical notes on the Hamiltonian formulation of constrained dynamical systems. All the examples are finite dimensional, field theories are not covered, and the notes could be used by students for a preliminary study before the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-24 Brian P. Dolan

In a classical Hamiltonian theory with second class constraints the phase space functions on the constraint surface are observables. We give general formulas for extended observables, which are expressions representing the observables in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Simon Lyakhovich , Robert Marnelius

We investigate multi-dimensional Hamiltonian systems associated with constant Poisson brackets of hydrodynamic type. A complete list of two- and three-component integrable Hamiltonians is obtained. All our examples possess dispersionless…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 E. V. Ferapontov , A. Moro , V. V. Sokolov

Phase space of General Relativity is extended to a Poisson manifold by inclusion of the determinant of the metric and conjugate momentum as additional independent variables. As a result, the action and the constraints take a polynomial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 M. O. Katanaev

We study the discretization of (almost-)Dirac structures using the notion of retraction and discretization maps on manifolds. Additionally, we apply the proposed discretization techniques to obtain numerical integrators for port-Hamiltonian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-12 María Barbero-Liñán , Juan Manuel López Medel , David Martín de Diego

The Hamiltonian structures of the incompressible ideal fluid, including entropy advection, and magnetohydrodynamics are investigated by making use of Dirac's theory of constrained Hamiltonian systems. A Dirac bracket for these systems is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Cristel Chandre , Philip J. Morrison , Emanuele Tassi

In this paper, we propose a novel algebraic and geometric description for the dissipative dynamics. Our formulation bears some similarity to the Poisson structure for non-dissipative systems. We develop a canonical description for…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sonnet Q H Nguyen , Lukasz A Turski

The paper investigates the Poisson structures associated with dynamical systems of the heavenly type, focusing on the Mikhalev-Pavlov and Pleba\'nski equation. The dynamical system is represented as a Hamiltonian system on a functional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Yarema Prykarpatskyy

We consider constrained Hamiltonian systems in the framework of Dirac's theory. We show that the Jacobi identity results from imposing that the constraints are Casimir invariants, regardless of the fact that the matrix of Poisson brackets…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-08-22 Cristel Chandre

The equations of classical spin-orbit motion can be extended to a Hamiltonian system in 9-dimensional phase space by introducing a coupled spin-orbit Poisson bracket and a Hamiltonian function. After this extension and by establishing…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 V. V. Balandin , N. I. Golubeva

In this paper we study the problem of Hamiltonization of nonholonomic systems from a geometric point of view. We use gauge transformations by 2-forms (in the sense of Severa and Weinstein [29]) to construct different almost Poisson…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-20 Paula Balseiro , Luis García-Naranjo

It is known that self-adjoint Hamiltonians with purely discrete eigenvalues can be written as (infinite) linear combination of mutually orthogonal projectors with eigenvalues as coefficients of the expansion. The projectors are defined by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Fabio Bagarello , Sergey Kuzhel

In this work, we conduct a systematic study of Hamiltonian and quasi-Hamiltonian systems within the framework of nondecomposable generalized Poisson geometry. Our focus lies on the interplay between the algebraic structure of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 C. Sardón , X. Zhao

Slow manifold reduction and the theory of Poisson-Dirac submanifolds are used to deduce a Hamiltonian formulation for a quasineutral limit of the planar, collisionless, magnetized Vlasov-Poisson system. Motion on the slow manifold models…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 J. W. Burby , D. A. Kaltsas , P. J. Morrison , E. Tassi , G. N. Throumoulopoulos

We study the geometric structure of the drift dynamics of Irreversible port-Hamiltonian systems. This drift dynamics is defined with respect to a product of quasi-Poisson brackets, reflecting the interconnection structure and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-03-06 Jonas Kirchhoff , Bernhard Maschke
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