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In this paper, we explore scaling symmetries within the framework of symplectic geometry. We focus on the action $\Phi$ of the multiplicative group $G = \mathbb{R}^+$ on exact symplectic manifolds $(M, \omega,\theta)$, with $\omega =…

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Hamiltonian systems of ordinary and partial differential equations are fundamental mathematical models spanning virtually all physical scales. A critical property for the robustness and stability of computational methods in such systems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 Hsuan-Cheng Wu , Xiantao Li

Recently, continuous-time dynamical systems have proved useful in providing conceptual and quantitative insights into gradient-based optimization, widely used in modern machine learning and statistics. An important question that arises in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Guilherme França , Michael I. Jordan , René Vidal

Hamilton's equations are fundamental for modeling complex physical systems, where preserving key properties such as energy and momentum is crucial for reliable long-term simulations. Geometric integrators are widely used for this purpose,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Priscilla Canizares , Davide Murari , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ferdia Sherry , Zakhar Shumaylov

In recent publications, the construction of explicit symplectic integrators for Schwarzschild and Kerr type spacetimes is based on splitting and composition methods for numerical integrations of Hamiltonians or time-transformed Hamiltonians…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-30 Naying Zhou , Hongxing Zhang , Wenfang Liu , Xin Wu

We study numerical integrators that contract phase space volume even when the ODE does so at an arbitrarily small rate. This is done by a splitting into two-dimensional contractive systems. We prove a sufficient condition for Runge-Kutta…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Robert I McLachlan , G R W Quispel

We propose efficient numerical methods for nonseparable non-canonical Hamiltonian systems which are explicit, K-symplectic in the extended phase space with long time energy conservation properties. They are based on extending the original…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Beibei Zhu , Lun Ji , Aiqing Zhu , Yifa Tang

Numerical methods that preserves geometric invariants of the system such as energy, momentum and symplectic form, are called geometric integrators. These include variational integrators as an important subclass of geometric integrators. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-11 L. Colombo , J. Giribet , D. Martín de Diego

The geometric formulation of Hamilton--Jacobi theory for systems with nonholonomic constraints is developed, following the ideas of the authors in previous papers. The relation between the solutions of the Hamilton--Jacobi problem with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 J. F. Cariñena , X. Gracia , G. Marmo , E. Martinez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Roman-Roy

It is well-known that if a symplectic integrator is applied to a Hamiltonian system, then the modified equation, whose solutions interpolate the numerical solutions, is again Hamiltonian. We investigate this property from the variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Mats Vermeeren

In this paper, we study symmetric integrators for solving second-order ordinary differential equations on the basis of the notion of continuous-stage Runge-Kutta-Nystrom methods. The construction of such methods heavily relies on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Wensheng Tang , Jingjing Zhang

We derived a condition under which a coupled system consisting of two finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems becomes a Hamiltonian system. In many cases, an industrial system can be modeled as a coupled system of some subsystems. Although…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Shunpei Terakawa , Takaharu Yaguchi

Symplectic schemes are powerful methods for numerically integrating Hamiltonian systems, and their long-term accuracy and fidelity have been proved both theoretically and numerically. However direct applications of standard symplectic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Jianyuan Xiao , Hong Qin

In this paper the Gromov-Witten invariants on a class of noncompact symplectic manifolds are defined by combining Ruan-Tian's method with that of McDuff-Salamon. The main point of the arguments is to introduce a method dealing with the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Guangcun Lu

Motivated by the time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics, we extend the notion of Arnold-Liouville and noncommutative integrability of Hamiltonian systems on symplectic manifolds to that on cosymplectic manifolds. We prove a variant of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Bozidar Jovanovic , Katarina Lukic

Symplectic integrators are the tool of choice for many researchers studying dynamical systems because of their good long-term energy conservation properties. For systems with a dominant central mass, symplectic integrators are also highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John E. Chambers

It has previously been shown that varying the numerical timestep during a symplectic orbital integration leads to a random walk in energy and angular momentum, destroying the phase space-conserving property of symplectic integrators. Here…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Nathan A. Kaib , Thomas Quinn , Ramon Brasser

This paper presents a method to construct variational integrators for time-dependent lagrangian systems. The resulting algorithms are symplectic, preserve the momentum map associated with a Lie group of symmetries and also describe the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 M. de Leon , D. Martin de Diego

We present a multiscale integrator for Hamiltonian systems with slowly varying quadratic stiff potentials that uses coarse timesteps (analogous to what the impulse method uses for constant quadratic stiff potentials). This method is based…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-04-14 Molei Tao , Houman Owhadi , Jerrold E. Marsden

Hill's equations are an approximation that is useful in a number of areas of astrophysics including planetary rings and planetesimal disks. We derive a symplectic method for integrating Hill's equations based on a generalized leapfrog. This…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 T. Quinn , R. P. Perrine , D. C. Richardson , R. Barnes