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Given a fluid equation with reduced Lagrangian $l$ which is a functional of velocity $\MM{u}$ and advected density $D$ given in Eulerian coordinates, we give a general method for semidiscretising the equations to give a canonical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Colin Cotter

This paper is devoted to a fundamental system of equations in Linear Elasticity Theory: the famous Lam\'e-Navier system. The Clifford algebra language allows us to rewrite this system in terms of the euclidean Dirac operator, which at the…

The paper introduces Laplace-type operators for functions defined on the tangent space of a Finsler Lie algebroid, using a volume form on the prolongation of the algebroid. It also presents the construction of a horizontal Laplace operator…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-11 Alexandru Ionescu

In this paper we provide generalized Helmholtz conditions, in terms of a semi-basic 1-form, which characterize when a given system of second order ordinary differential equations is equivalent to the Lagrange equations, for some given…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-17 Ioan Bucataru , Oana Constantinescu

We present the Eisenhart-lift formalism in which the dynamics of a system that evolves under the influence of a conservative force is equivalent to that of a free system embedded in a curved manifold with one additional generalised…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Kieran Finn , Sotirios Karamitsos , Apostolos Pilaftsis

In this paper, we derive a "hamiltonian formalism" for a wide class of mechanical systems, including classical hamiltonian systems, nonholonomic systems, some classes of servomechanism... This construction strongly relies in the geometry…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-27 P. Balseiro , M. de Leon , J. C. Marrero , D. Martin de Diego

This paper develops a generalized formulation of Lagrangian mechanics on fibered manifolds, together with a reduction theory for symmetries corresponding to Lie groupoid actions. As special cases, this theory includes not only Lagrangian…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-03-23 Songhao Li , Ari Stern , Xiang Tang

The systematization of the purely Lagrangean approach to constrained systems in the form of an algorithm involves the iterative construction of a generalized Hessian matrix W taking a rectangular form. This Hessian will exhibit as many left…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Heinz J. Rothe , Klaus D. Rothe

Generalized span categories provide a framework for formalizing mathematical models of open systems in classical mechanics. We introduce categories $\mathsf{LagSy}$ and $\mathsf{HamSy}$ that respectively provide a categorical framework for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 John C. Baez , David Weisbart , Adam M. Yassine

Causal variational principles, which are the analytic core of the physical theory of causal fermion systems, are found to have an underlying Hamiltonian structure, giving a formulation of the dynamics in terms of physical fields in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-17 Felix Finster , Johannes Kleiner

Motivated by recent work in this area we expand on a generalization of port-Hamiltonian systems that is obtained by replacing the Hamiltonian function representing energy storage by a general Lagrangian subspace. This leads to a new class…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Arjan van der Schaft , Bernhard Maschke

Most physical systems are modelled by an ordinary or a partial differential equation, like the n-body problem in celestial mechanics. In some cases, for example when studying the long term behaviour of the solar system or for complex…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Jacky Cresson , Sébastien Darses

This paper is devoted to the study of mechanical systems subjected to external forces in the framework of symplectic geometry. We obtain a Noether's theorem for Lagrangian systems with external forces, among other results regarding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-14 Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz , Asier López-Gordón

In this paper, we consider a generalization of variational calculus which allows us to consider in the same framework different cases of mechanical systems, for instance, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, systems subjected to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-13 Viviana Alejandra Díaz , David Martín de Diego

The method of variational completion allows one to transform an (in principle, arbitrary) system of partial differential equations -- based on an intuitive ``educated guess'' -- into the Euler-Lagrange one attached to a Lagrangian, by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Ludovic Ducobu , Nicoleta Voicu

In the present work, by taking advantage of a so-called practical limitation of fractional derivatives, namely, the absence of a simple chain and Leibniz's rules, we proposed a generalized fractional calculus of variation where the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-02 M. J. Lazo , G. S. F. Frederico , P. M. Carvalho-Neto

The main purpose of this note is the study of the total space of a holomorphic Lie algebroid $E$. The paper is structured in three parts. In the first section we briefly introduce basic notions on holomorphic Lie algebroids. The local…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-27 Alexandru Ionescu , Gheorghe Munteanu

Variational calculus on a vector bundle E equipped with a structure of a general algebroid is developed, together with the corresponding analogs of Euler-Lagrange equations. Constrained systems are introduced in the variational and in the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-22 Katarzyna Grabowska , Janusz Grabowski

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we use a classical method to establish Gaussian bounds of the fundamental matrix of a generalized parabolic Lam\'{e} system with only bounded and measurable coefficients. Second, we derive a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Huan Xu

Horizontal endomorphisms, almost complex structures, vertical, horizontal and complete lifts on prolongation of a Lie algebroid are considered. Then using exact sequences, semisprays are constructed. Moreover, important geometrical objects…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-29 Esmaeil Peyghan