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In this review paper, we consider three kinds of systems of differential equations, which are relevant in physics, control theory and other applications in engineering and applied mathematics; namely: Hamilton equations, singular…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-11 Xavier Gràcia , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Narciso Román-Roy

A `discrete differential manifold' we call a countable set together with an algebraic differential calculus on it. This structure has already been explored in previous work and provides us with a convenient framework for the formulation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Dimakis , F. M"uller-Hoissen , F. Vanderseypen

Complexes and cohomology, traditionally central to topology, have emerged as fundamental tools across applied mathematics and the sciences. This survey explores their roles in diverse areas, from partial differential equations and continuum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Kaibo Hu

We address the problem of classification of integrable differential-difference equations in 2+1 dimensions with one/two discrete variables. Our approach is based on the method of hydrodynamic reductions and its generalisation to dispersive…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-15 E. V. Ferapontov , V. S. Novikov , I. Roustemoglou

We consider the system of $N$ points on the segment of the real line with the nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsive interaction and external force $F$. For the fixed points of such systems (fixed configurations) we study the asymptotics (in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-01 V. A. Malyshev

This work describes models and numerical approximations that describe the mechanical behavior of deformable continua with embedded structural members, such as rigid bodies, beams, shells, etc. The continuum formulation extends an idea first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-10 David Portillo , Ignacio Romero

The article provides a modest survey of the absolute theory of general systems of (partial) differential equations. The equations are relieved of all additional structures and subject to quite arbitrary change of the variables. An abstract…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-02 Veronika Chrastinova , Vaclav Tryhuk

Integrable discrete scalar equations defined on a~two or a three dimensional lattice can be rewritten as difference systems in bond variables or in face variables respectively. Both the difference systems in bond variables and the…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2018-09-26 Pavlos Kassotakis , Maciej Nieszporski

The connection between symmetries and linearizations of discrete-time dynamical systems is being inverstigated. It is shown, that existence of semigroup structures related to the vector field and having linear representations enables…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Gralewicz

In this note we focus on the discrete fractional integrals as a natural continuation of our previous work about nonlocal fractional derivatives, discrete and continuous. We define the discrete fractional integrals by using the semigroup…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-15 Luciano Abadias , Marta De León-Contreras , José L. Torrea

Here we define a Caputo like discrete fractional difference and we compare it to the earlier defined Riemann-Liouville fractional discrete analog. Then we produce discrete fractional Taylor formulae for the first time, and we estimate their…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-11-18 George A. Anastassiou

In this paper we introduce and investigate a new kind of functional (including ordinary and evolutionary partial) differential equations. The main goal of this paper is to explore our new philosophy by some examples on functional ODEs and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-14 De-Xing Kong , Cheng Zhang

Differential complexes such as the de Rham complex have recently come to play an important role in the design and analysis of numerical methods for partial differential equations. The design of stable discretizations of systems of partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Douglas N. Arnold

We consider systems of ordinary differential equations with known first integrals. The notion of a discrete tangent space is introduced as the orthogonal complement of an arbitrary set of discrete gradients. Integrators which exactly…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Morten Dahlby , Brynjulf Owren , Takaharu Yaguchi

We extend two of the methods previously introduced to find discrete symmetries of differential equations to the case of difference and differential-difference equations. As an example of the application of the methods, we construct the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Decio Levi , Miguel A. Rodríguez

A discretisation scheme that preserves topological features of a physical problem is extended so that differential geometric structures can be approximated in a consistent way thus giving access to the study of physical systems which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vivien de Beauce , Siddhartha Sen

Discretizing variational principles, as opposed to discretizing differential equations, leads to discrete-time analogues of mechanics, and, systematically, to geometric numerical integrators. The phase space of such variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Charles Cuell , George W. Patrick

An ordinary differential equation is said to have a superposition formula if its general solution can be expressed as a function of a finite number of particular solution. Nonlinear ODE's with superposition formulas include matrix Riccati…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexei V. Penskoi , Pavel Winternitz

We introduce order conserving embeddings as a more general form of order preserving embeddings between finite dimensional nest algebras. The structure of these embeddings is determined, in terms of order indecomposable decompositions, and…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alan Hopenwasser , Stephen C. Power

Abstractions of causal models allow for the coarsening of models such that relations of cause and effect are preserved. Whereas abstractions focus on the relation between two models, in this paper we study a framework for causal embeddings…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Willem Schooltink , Fabio Massimo Zennaro