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We present a finite element variational integrator for compressible flows. The numerical scheme is derived by discretizing, in a structure preserving way, the Lie group formulation of fluid dynamics on diffeomorphism groups and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Evan S. Gawlik , François Gay-Balmaz

This study proposes and analyses a novel higher-order, structure preserving discretization method for inviscid barotropic flows from a Lagrangian perspective. The method is built on a multisymplectic variational principle discretized over a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Mukthesh Mahadev , Marc Gerritsma

We compare relativistic particle integrators commonly used in plasma physics showing several test cases relevant for astrophysics. Three explicit particle pushers are considered, namely the Boris, Vay, and Higuera-Cary schemes. We also…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-07 Bart Ripperda , Fabio Bacchini , Jannis Teunissen , Chun Xia , Oliver Porth , Lorenzo Sironi , Giovanni Lapenta , Rony Keppens

We present the multiplier method of constructing conservative finite difference schemes for ordinary and partial differential equations. Given a system of differential equations possessing conservation laws, our approach is based on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-12 Andy T. S. Wan , Alexander Bihlo , Jean-Christophe Nave

We address three two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics models: reduced magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD), Hazeltine's model, and the Charney--Hasegawa--Mima (CHM) equation. These models are derived to capture the basic features of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Klas Modin , Michael Roop

We develop structure-preserving time integration schemes for Gaussian wave packet dynamics associated with the magnetic Schr\"odinger equation. The variational Dirac--Frenkel formulation yields a finite-dimensional Hamiltonian system for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Sebastian Merk , Caroline Lasser

Invariant discretization schemes are derived for the one- and two-dimensional shallow-water equations with periodic boundary conditions. While originally designed for constructing invariant finite difference schemes, we extend the usage of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-04 Alexander Bihlo , Roman O. Popovych

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

This paper presents a geometric variational discretization of compressible fluid dynamics. The numerical scheme is obtained by discretizing, in a structure preserving way, the Lie group formulation of fluid dynamics on diffeomorphism groups…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Werner Bauer , François Gay-Balmaz

In three dimensional toroidal domains without symmetry, the standard magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium model used for magnetic confinement fusion does not generally support smooth solutions. Instead, solutions have singular plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Maximilian Ruth , Joshua W. Burby , Wrick Sengupta , Andrew Brown

A new formulation of time-dependent Relaxed Magnetohydrodynamics (RxMHD) is derived variationally from Hamilton's Action Principle using microscopic conservation of mass, and macroscopic conservation of total magnetic helicity, cross…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-06-04 R. L. Dewar , J. W. Burby , Z. Qu , N. Sato , M. J. Hole

A variational formulation for nonequilibrium thermodynamics was recently proposed in \cite{GBYo2017a,GBYo2017b} for both discrete and continuum systems. This formulation extends the Hamilton principle of classical mechanics to include…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-04-15 François Gay-Balmaz , Hiroaki Yoshimura

Variational time integrators are derived in the context of discrete mechanical systems. In this area, the governing equations for the motion of the mechanical system are built following two steps: (a) Postulating a discrete action; (b)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-05-04 Leandro Tavares da Silva , Gilson Antonio Giraldi

For the linearized setting of the dynamics of complex bodies we construct variational integrators and prove their convergence by making use of BV estimates on the rate fields. We allow for peculiar substructural inertia and internal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-03-12 Matteo Focardi , Paolo Maria Mariano

A fully variational, unstructured, electromagnetic particle-in-cell integrator is developed for integration of the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. Using the formalism of Discrete Exterior Calculus, the field solver, interpolation scheme and…

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

Numerical algorithms based on variational and symplectic integrators exhibit special features that make them promising candidates for application to general relativity and other constrained Hamiltonian systems. This paper lays part of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 David Brown

This paper focuses on the numerical approximation of the linearized shallow water equations using hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) methods, leveraging the Hamiltonian structure of the evolution system. First, we propose an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-04 C. Núñez , M. A. Sánchez

Modern simulation codes for general relativistic ideal magnetohydrodynamics are all facing a long standing technical problem given by the need to recover fundamental variables from those variables that are evolved in time. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-26 Wolfgang Kastaun , Jay Vijay Kalinani , Riccardo Ciolfi

Recently, a new family of integrators (Hamiltonian Boundary ValueMethods) has been introduced, which is able to precisely conserve the energy function of polynomial Hamiltonian systems and to provide a practical conservation of the energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-10-19 Luigi Brugnano , Felice Iavernaro , Donato Trigiante

In this work we demonstrate that SVD-based model reduction techniques known for ordinary differential equations, such as the proper orthogonal decomposition, can be extended to stochastic differential equations in order to reduce the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Tomasz M. Tyranowski