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We introduce a high-order spline geometric approach for the initial boundary value problem for Maxwell's equations. The method is geometric in the sense that it discretizes in structure preserving fashion the two de Rham sequences of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Bernard Kapidani , Rafael Vázquez

A general framework for the numerical approximation of evolution problems is presented that allows to preserve exactly an underlying Hamiltonian- or gradient structure. The approach relies on rewriting the evolution problem in a particular…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Herbert Egger

Numerical methods that preserves geometric invariants of the system such as energy, momentum and symplectic form, are called geometric integrators. These include variational integrators as an important subclass of geometric integrators. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-11 L. Colombo , J. Giribet , D. Martín de Diego

In this paper, we develop a structure-preserving discretization of the Lagrangian framework for electromagnetism, combining techniques from variational integrators and discrete differential forms. This leads to a general family of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-05 Ari Stern , Yiying Tong , Mathieu Desbrun , Jerrold E. Marsden

The kinetic term of the $N$-body Hamiltonian system defined on the surface of the sphere is non-separable. As a result, standard explicit symplectic integrators are inapplicable. We exploit an underlying hierarchy in the structure of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-23 Ana Silva , Eitan Ben Av , Efi Efrati

This paper presents a geometric-variational approach to continuous and discrete mechanics and field theories. Using multisymplectic geometry, we show that the existence of the fundamental geometric structures as well as their preservation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jerrold E. Marsden , George W. Patrick , Steve Shkoller

We develop a Discrete Element Method (DEM) for elastodynamics using polyhedral elements. We show that for a given choice of forces and torques, we recover the equations of linear elastodynamics in small deformations. Furthermore, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-01 Laurent Monasse , Christian Mariotti

Modified Hamiltonians are used in the field of geometric numerical integration to show that symplectic schemes for Hamiltonian systems are accurate over long times. For nonlinear systems the series defining the modified Hamiltonian usually…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Shami A Alsallami , Jitse Niesen , Frank W Nijhoff

In this paper, we define arbitrarily high-order energy-conserving methods for Hamiltonian systems with quadratic holonomic constraints. The derivation of the methods is made within the so-called line integral framework. Numerical tests to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-11 P. Amodio , L. Brugnano , G. Frasca-Caccia , F. Iavernaro

In this work, a kernel-based surrogate for integrating Hamiltonian dynamics that is symplectic by construction and tailored to large prediction horizons is proposed. The method learns a scalar potential whose gradient enters a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Robin Herkert , Tobias Ehring , Bernard Haasdonk

This paper analyzes a class of globally divergence-free (and therefore pressure-robust) hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) finite element methods for stationary Navier-Stokes equations. The methods use the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-08 Gang Chen , Xiaoping Xie

Variational integrators have traditionally been constructed from the perspective of Lagrangian mechanics, but there have been recent efforts to adopt discrete variational approaches to the symplectic discretization of Hamiltonian mechanics…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Brian Tran , Melvin Leok

Reduced basis methods are popular for approximately solving large and complex systems of differential equations. However, conventional reduced basis methods do not generally preserve conservation laws and symmetries of the full order model.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Babak Maboudi Afkham , Jan S. Hesthaven

We propose two efficient energetic spectral-element methods in time for marching nonlinear gradient systems with the phase-field Allen--Cahn equation as an example: one fully implicit nonlinear method and one semi-implicit linear method.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Shiqin Liu , Haijun Yu

In previous papers, explicit symplectic integrators were designed for nonrotating black holes, such as a Schwarzschild black hole. However, they fail to work in the Kerr spacetime because not all variables can be separable, or not all…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-24 Xin Wu , Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu

In this paper, we aim to develop a hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the indefinite time-harmonic Maxwell equations with the perfectly conducting boundary in the three-dimensional space. First, we derive the wavenumber…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Gang Chen , Haijun Wu , Liwei Xu

Two families of symplectic methods specially designed for second-order time-dependent linear systems are presented. Both are obtained from the Magnus expansion of the corresponding first-order equation, but otherwise they differ in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Nikita Kopylov , Enrique Ponsoda

Dependable numerical results from long-time simulations require stable numerical integration schemes. For Hamiltonian systems, this is achieved with symplectic integrators, which conserve the symplectic condition and exactly solve for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stephen D. Webb

Symplectic integrators are widely used for long-term integration of conservative astrophysical problems due to their ability to preserve the constants of motion; however, they cannot in general be applied in the presence of nonconservative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-10 David Tsang , Chad R. Galley , Leo C. Stein , Alec Turner

A novel class of explicit high-order energy-preserving methods are proposed for general Hamiltonian partial differential equations with non-canonical structure matrix. When the energy is not quadratic, it is firstly done that the original…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-02 Chaolong Jiang , Yushun Wang , Yuezheng Gong