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Fractional Pontryagin's systems emerge in the study of a class of fractional optimal control problems but they are not resolvable in most cases. In this paper, we suggest a numerical approach for these fractional systems. Precisely, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-09 Loïc Bourdin

In this paper, we study the Lagrangian functions for a class of second-order differential systems arising from physics. For such systems, we present necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of Lagrangian functions. Based on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Yihan Shen , Yajuan Sun

Reduced magnetohydrodynamics is a simplified set of magnetohydrodynamics equations with applications to both fusion and astrophysical plasmas, possessing a noncanonical Hamiltonian structure and consequently a number of conserved…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-10-05 Michael Kraus , Emanuele Tassi , Daniela Grasso

We extend the notion of variational integrator for classical Euler-Lagrange equations to the fractional ones. As in the classical case, we prove that the variational integrator allows to preserve Noether-type results at the discrete level.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Loïc Bourdin , Jacky Cresson , Isabelle Greff , Pierre Inizan

We address the problem of constructing numerical integrators for nonholonomic Lagrangian systems that enjoy appropriate discrete versions of the geometric properties of the continuous flow, including the preservation of energy. Building on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jorge Cortes

Compatible discretizations, such as finite element exterior calculus, provide a discretization framework that respect the cohomological structure of the de Rham complex, which can be used to systematically construct stable mixed finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Brian Tran , Melvin Leok

Variational integrators are momentum-preserving and symplectic numerical methods used to propagate the evolution of Hamiltonian systems. In this paper, we introduce a new class of variational integrators that achieve fourth-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Gerardo De La Torre , Todd Murphey

Variational integrators are derived for structure-preserving simulation of stochastic Hamiltonian systems with a certain type of multiplicative noise arising in geometric mechanics. The derivation is based on a stochastic discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-31 Darryl D. Holm , Tomasz M. Tyranowski

Symplectic integrators offer many advantages for the numerical solution of Hamiltonian differential equations, including bounded energy error and the preservation of invariant sets. Two of the central Hamiltonian systems encountered in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 C. Leland Ellison , John M. Finn , Joshua W. Burby , Michael Kraus , Hong Qin , William M. Tang

Variational integrators applied to degenerate Lagrangians that are linear in the velocities are two-step methods. The system of modified equations for a two-step method consists of the principal modified equation and one additional equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Mats Vermeeren

In this paper, we propose a geometric integrator for nonholonomic mechanical systems. It can be applied to discrete Lagrangian systems specified through a discrete Lagrangian defined on QxQ, where Q is the configuration manifold, and a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-11-13 S. Ferraro , D. Iglesias , D. Martín de Diego

We have recently presented an extension of the standard variational calculus to include the presence of deformed derivatives in the Lagrangian of a system of particles and in the Lagrangian density of field-theoretic models. Classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-30 J. Weberszpil , J. A. Helayël-Neto

We develop an explicit, second-order, variational time integrator for full body dynamics that preserves the momenta of the continuous dynamics, such as linear and angular momenta, and exhibits near-conservation of total energy over…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-06 Caroline Baker , Marcial Gonzalez

We derive variational integrators for stochastic Hamiltonian systems on Lie groups using a discrete version of the stochastic Hamiltonian phase space principle. The structure-preserving properties of the resulting scheme, such as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-30 François Gay-Balmaz , Meng Wu

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

Euler-Lagrange equations and variational integrators are developed for Lagrangian mechanical systems evolving on a product of two-spheres. The geometric structure of a product of two-spheres is carefully considered in order to obtain global…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-07-03 Taeyoung Lee , Melvin Leok , N. Harris McClamroch

We propose and compare several projection methods applied to variational integrators for degenerate Lagrangian systems, whose Lagrangian is of the form $L = \vartheta(q) \cdot \dot{q} - H(q)$ and thus linear in velocities. While previous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-25 Michael Kraus

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

The anelastic and pseudo-incompressible equations are two well-known soundproof approximations of compressible flows useful for both theoretical and numerical analysis in meteorology, atmospheric science, and ocean studies. In this paper,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Werner Bauer , François Gay-Balmaz

Variational symplectic algorithms have recently been developed for carrying out long-time simulation of charged particles in magnetic fields. As a direct consequence of their derivation from a discrete variational principle, these…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jonathan Squire , Hong Qin , William M. Tang