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We determine the Hamiltonian vector field on an odd dimensional manifold endowed with almost cosymplectic structure. This is a generalization of the corresponding Hamiltonian vector field on manifolds with almost transitive contact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Stefan Berceanu

In this paper, we propose a discrete Hamilton--Jacobi theory for (discrete) Hamiltonian dynamics defined on a (discrete) contact manifold. To this end, we first provide a novel geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory for continuous contact…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Oğul Esen , Cristina Sardón , Marcin Zajac

This work concerns the definition and analysis of a new class of Lie systems on Poisson manifolds enjoying rich geometric features: the Lie--Hamilton systems. We devise methods to study their superposition rules, time independent constants…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-01 J. F. Cariñena , J. de Lucas , C. Sardón

In this paper, we apply the geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory to obtain solutions of Hamiltonian systems in Classical Mechanics, that are either compatible with a cosymplectic or a contact structure. As it is well known, the first structure…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 M. de León , C. Sardón

Employing a suitable nonlinear Lagrange functional, we derive generalized Hamilton-Jacobi equations for dynamical systems subject to linear velocity constraints. As long as a solution of the generalized Hamilton-Jacobi equation exists, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michele Pavon

Studying the behaviour of a quantum field in a classical, curved, spacetime is an extraordinary task which nobody is able to take on at present time. Independently by the fact that such problem is not likely to be solved soon, still we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-06 R. Di Criscienzo , L. Vanzo , S. Zerbini

In this paper we aim at presenting a concise but also comprehensive study of time-dependent (tdependent) Hamiltonian dynamics on a locally conformal symplectic (lcs) manifold. We present a generalized geometric theory of canonical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Orlando Ragnisco , Cristina Sardon , Marcin Zając

The Hamilton-Jacobi problem is revisited bearing in mind the consequences arising from a possible bi-Hamiltonian structure. The problem is formulated on the tangent bundle for Lagrangian systems in order to avoid the bias of the existence…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-11 J. F. Carinena , X. Gracia , G. Marmo , E. Martinez , M. Munoz-Lecanda , N. Roman-Roy

This article develops a Hamilton--Jacobi theory for non-conservative classical field theories, with particular emphasis on dissipative systems, in the framework of co-oriented k-contact geometry. We introduce evolution k-contact k-vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Javier de Lucas , Julia Lange , Xavier Rivas , Cristina Sardón

In this paper, some of formulations of Hamilton-Jacobi equations for Hamiltonian system and regular reduced Hamiltonian systems are given. At first, an important lemma is proved, and it is a modification for the corresponding result of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-07 Hong Wang

Recent advances in observational cosmology are changing the way we view the nature of time. In general relativity, the freedom in choosing a time hypersurface has hampered the implementation of the theory. Fortunately, Hamilton-Jacobi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. S. Salopek

In this paper we propose a Hamilton-Jacobi theory for implicit contact Hamiltonian systems in two different ways. One is the understanding of implicit contact Hamiltonian dynamics as a Legendrian submanifold of the tangent contact space,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Oğul Esen , Manuel Lainz Valcázar , Manuel de León , Cristina Sardón

Cosymplectic geometry has been proven to be a very useful geometric background to describe time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics. In this work, we address the globalization problem of locally cosymplectic Hamiltonian dynamics that failed to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Begüm Ateşli , Oğul Esen , Manuel de León , Cristina Sardón

This paper is devoted to discrete mechanical systems subject to external forces. We introduce a discrete version of systems with Rayleigh-type forces, obtain the equations of motion and characterize the equivalence for these systems.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz , Asier López-Gordón

We develop a Hamilton-Jacobi theory for singular lagrangian systems in the Skinner-Rusk formalism. Comparisons with the Hamilton-Jacobi problem in the lagrangian and hamiltonian settings are discussed.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-05-02 Manuel de León , David Martín de Diego , Miguel Vaquero

We develop a method of constructing structure-preserving integrators for Hamiltonian systems in Jacobi manifolds. Hamiltonian mechanics, rooted in symplectic and Poisson geometry, has long provided a foundation for modeling conservative…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Adérito Araújo , Gonçalo Inocêncio Oliveira , João Nuno Mestre

Reduction theory has played a major role in the study of Hamiltonian systems. On the other hand, the Hamilton-Jacobi theory is one of the main tools to integrate the dynamics of certain Hamiltonian problems and a topic of research on its…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Manuel de León , David Martín de Diego , Miguel Vaquero

In this paper, for a variety of nonholonomic (reducible) Hamiltonian systems, we first give to various distributional Hamiltonian systems, by analyzing carefully the dynamics and structures of the nonholonomic Hamiltonian systems. Secondly,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Manuel de León , Hong Wang

Beginning with the principle that a closed mechanical composite system is timeless, time can be defined by the regular changes in a suitable position coordinate (clock) in the observing part, when one part of the closed composite observes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 John S. Briggs

In this work we show how to complete some Hamilton-Jacobi solutions of linear, nonconservative classical oscillatory systems which appeared in the literature and we extend these complete solutions to the quantum mechanical case. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-07 A. de Souza Dutra , R. A. C. Correa , P. H. R. S. Moraes