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The numerical solution of an ordinary differential equation can be interpreted as the exact solution of a nearby modified equation. Investigating the behaviour of numerical solutions by analysing the modified equation is known as backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

In this paper we study the performance of a symplectic numerical integrator based on the splitting method. This method is applied to a subtle problem i.e. higher order resonance of the elastic pendulum. In order to numerically study the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Tuwankotta , G. R. W. Quispel

We study symplectic numerical integration of mechanical systems with a Hamiltonian specified in non-canonical coordinates and its application to guiding-center motion of charged plasma particles in magnetic confinement devices. The…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Christopher G. Albert , Sergei V. Kasilov , Winfried Kernbichler

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

The construction of modified equations is an important step in the backward error analysis of symplectic integrator for Hamiltonian systems. In the context of partial differential equations, the standard construction leads to modified…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Marcel Oliver , Sergiy Vasylkevych

Symplectic integrators can be excellent for Hamiltonian initial value problems. Reasons for this include their preservation of invariant sets like tori, good energy behaviour, nonexistence of attractors, and good behaviour of statistical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-19 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

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

Explicit symplectic integrators have been important tools for accurate and efficient approximations of mechanical systems with separable Hamiltonians. For the first time, the article proposes for arbitrary Hamiltonians similar integrators,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Molei Tao

Symplectic numerical methods have become a widely-used choice for the accurate simulation of Hamiltonian systems in various fields, including celestial mechanics, molecular dynamics and robotics. Even though their characteristics are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-27 Donát M. Takács , Tamás Fülöp

We present novel geometric numerical integrators for Hunter--Saxton-like equations by means of new multi-symplectic formulations and known Hamiltonian structures of the problems. We consider the Hunter--Saxton equation, the modified…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Yuto Miyatake , David Cohen , Daisuke Furihata , Takayasu Matsuo

Symplectic integration of autonomous Hamiltonian systems is a well-known field of study in geometric numerical integration, but for non-autonomous systems the situation is less clear, since symplectic structure requires an even number of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-18 Håkon Marthinsen , Brynjulf Owren

Calculating the long term solution of ordinary differential equations, such as those of the $N$-body problem, is central to understanding a wide range of dynamics in astrophysics, from galaxy formation to planetary chaos. Because generally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-23 David M. Hernandez , Edmund Bertschinger

We propose a family of integrators, Flow-Composed Implicit Runge-Kutta (FCIRK) methods, for perturbations of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, consisting of the composition of flows of the unperturbed part alternated with one step…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-17 Mikel Antoñana , Joseba Makazaga , Ander Murua

We present a symplectic integrator, based on the canonical midpoint rule, for classical spin systems in which each spin is a unit vector in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Unlike splitting methods, it is defined for all Hamiltonians, and is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-03-20 Robert I. McLachlan , Klas Modin , Olivier Verdier

Explicit and semi-explicit geometric integration schemes for dissipative perturbations of Hamiltonian systems are analyzed. The dissipation is characterized by a small parameter $\epsilon$, and the schemes under study preserve the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Klas Modin , Gustaf Söderlind

In recent decades, there have been many attempts to construct symplectic integrators with variable time steps, with rather disappointing results. In this paper we identify the causes for this lack of performance, and find that they fall…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A S Richardson , J M Finn

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

In this paper, we are concerned with the construction and analysis of a new class of methods obtained as double jump compositions with complex coefficients and projection on the real axis. It is shown in particular that the new integrators…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-27 Fernando Casas , Philippe Chartier , Alejandro Escorihuela-Tomas , Yong Zhang

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

Symplectic integrators constructed from Hamiltonian and Lie formalisms are obtained as symplectic maps whose flow follows the exact solution of a "sourrounded" Hamiltonian K = H + h^k H_1. Those modified Hamiltonians depends virtually on…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Hugo Jiménez-Pérez