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The Hamilton-Jacobi [$HJ$] analysis for higher-order Chern-Simons gravity is performed. The complete set of $HJ$ Hamiltonians are identified and a fundamental $HJ$ differential is constructed, from which the characteristic equations are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-12-20 Alberto Escalante , J. Aldair Pantoja-Gonzalez , D. Vanessa Castro-Luna

Recent work has demonstrated the existence of universal Hamiltonians - simple spin lattice models that can simulate any other quantum many body system to any desired level of accuracy. Until now proofs of universality have relied on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-18 Tamara Kohler , Stephen Piddock , Johannes Bausch , Toby Cubitt

In this paper the geometric theory of separation of variables for time-independent Hamilton-Jacobi equation is extended to include the case of complex eigenvalues of a Killing tensor on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. This task is performed…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-11 Luca Degiovanni , Giovanni Rastelli

We discuss a general procedure for arriving at the Hamilton-Jacobi equation of second-class constrained systems, and illustrate it in terms of a number of examples by explicitely obtaining the respective Hamilton principal function, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 K D Rothe , F G Scholtz

We present a theorem by Contreras, Iturriaga and Siconolfi in which we give a setting to generalize the homogenization of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation from tori to other manifolds.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Gonzalo Contreras

The paper is concerned with the properties of the distance function from a closed subset of a Riemannian manifold, with particular attention to the set of singularities.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-05 Carlo Mantegazza , Andrea Carlo Mennucci

In order to describe the impact of different geometric structures and constraints for the dynamics of a Hamiltonian system, in this paper, for a magnetic Hamiltonian system defined by a magnetic symplectic form, we first drive precisely the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-16 Hong Wang

Hamilton-Jacobi theory provides a natural starting point for a covariant description of the gravitational field. Using a spatial gradient expansion, one may solve for the phase of the wavefunction by using a line-integral in superspace.…

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

We establish the existence of smooth critical sub-solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on compact manifolds for smooth convex Hamiltonians, that is in the context of weak KAM theory, under the assumption that the Aubry set is the union…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2008-07-10 Patrick Bernard

The Hamilton-Jacobi $[HJ]$ study for the Chern-Simons $[CS]$ modification of general relativity $[GR]$ is performed. The complete structure of the Hamiltonians and the generalized brackets are reported, from these results the $HJ$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-07 Alberto Escalante , J. Aldair Pantoja-Gonzalez

The Lie-Hamilton approach for $t$-dependent Hamiltonians is extended to cover the so-called nonlinear Lie-Hamilton systems, which are no longer related to a linear $t$-dependent combination of a basis of a finite-dimensional Lie algebra of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Rutwig Campoamor-Stursberg , Francisco J. Herranz , Javier de Lucas

We argue that Hamilton-Jacobi equations provide a convenient and intuitive approach for studying the large-scale behavior of mean-field disordered systems. This point of view is illustrated on the problem of inference of a rank-one matrix.…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-11-13 Jean-Christophe Mourrat

In this work we study the theory of linearized gravity via the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. We make a brief review of this theory and its Lagrangian description, as well as a review of the Hamilton-Jacobi approach for singular systems. Then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-22 M. C. Bertin , B. M. Pimentel , C. E. Valcárcel , G. E. R. Zambrano

Hamilton-Jacobi theory for general relativity provides an elegant covariant formulation of the gravitational field. A general `coordinate-free' method of integrating the functional Hamilton-Jacobi equation for gravity and matter is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 D. S. Salopek

We study the homogenization of first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, motivated by systems of infinitely many indistinguishable particles on the torus. A central difficulty is that the analysis takes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Seho Park

We propose a systematic framework for constructing geometric integrators for Hamiltonian systems on Jacobi manifolds. By combining Poissonization of Jacobi structures with homogeneous symplectic bi-realizations, Jacobi dynamics are lifted…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Adérito Araújo , Gonçalo Inocêncio Oliveira , João Nuno Mestre

Classical field theory is considered as a theory of unparametrized surfaces embedded in a configuration space, which accommodates, in a symmetric way, spacetime positions and field values. Dynamics is defined by a (Hamiltonian) constraint…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-20 Vaclav Zatloukal

Hamiltonian mechanics of field theory can be formulated in a generally covariant and background independent manner over a finite dimensional extended configuration space. The physical symplectic structure of the theory can then be defined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Carlo Rovelli

Nonlinear Hamiltonian systems describing the abstract Vlasov and Hartree equations are considered in the framework of algebraic Poissonian theory. The concept of uniformization is introduced; it generalizes the method of second quantization…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. P. Belavkin , V. P. Maslov

Classical mechanics admits multiple equivalent formulations, from Newton's equations to the variational Lagrange-Hamilton framework and the scalar Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) theory. In the HJ formulation, classical ensembles evolve through the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Yong Zhang