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We design a novel, exactly energy-conserving implicit non-symplectic integration method for an eight-dimensional Hamiltonian system with four degrees of freedom. In our algorithm, each partial derivative of the Hamiltonian with respect to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-30 Shiyang Hu , Xin Wu , Guoqing Huang , Enwei Liang

We present a brief tutorial on the nuts and bolts computation of a multisymplectic particle-in-cell algorithm using the discretized Lagrangian approach. This approach, originated by Marsden, Shadwick, and others, brings the benefits of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-09-18 Stephen D. Webb

We consider a relativistic charged particle in background electromagnetic fields depending on both space and time. We identify which symmetries of the fields automatically generate integrals (conserved quantities) of the charge motion,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Tom Heinzl , Anton Ilderton

This work develops a symplectic framework for quantum computing to be applied to classical Hamiltonian systems, exploiting the intrinsic geometric compatibility between unitary quantum evolution and symplectic phase-space dynamics in a…

Recently, our group developed explicit symplectic methods for curved spacetimes that are not split into several explicitly integrable parts, but are via appropriate time transformations. Such time-transformed explicit symplectic integrators…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-05 Xin Wu , Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu , Dazhu Ma

Hamilton's equations of motion form a fundamental framework in various branches of physics, including astronomy, quantum mechanics, particle physics, and climate science. Classical numerical solvers are typically employed to compute the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Priscilla Canizares , Davide Murari , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ferdia Sherry , Zakhar Shumaylov

We consider dynamical systems associated to Lax pairs depending rationnally on a spectral parameter. We show that we can express the symplectic form in terms of algebro--geometric data provided that the symplectic structure on L is of…

solv-int · Physics 2009-10-31 O. Babelon , M. Talon

Recently, continuous-time dynamical systems have proved useful in providing conceptual and quantitative insights into gradient-based optimization, widely used in modern machine learning and statistics. An important question that arises in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-29 Guilherme França , Michael I. Jordan , René Vidal

Hamilton's equations are fundamental for modeling complex physical systems, where preserving key properties such as energy and momentum is crucial for reliable long-term simulations. Geometric integrators are widely used for this purpose,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Priscilla Canizares , Davide Murari , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ferdia Sherry , Zakhar Shumaylov

Studying single-particle dynamics over many periods of oscillations is a well-understood problem solved using symplectic integration. Such integration schemes derive their update sequence from an approximate Hamiltonian, guaranteeing that…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Stephen D. Webb

The Boris algorithm for integrating charged particle trajectories in electric and magnetic fields is popular due to its simple implementation, rapid iteration, and observed long-term numerical fidelity. The underlying cause of this…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-09-10 C. L. Ellison , J. W. Burby , H. Qin

We identify ghost trajectories of symplectic-energy-momentum (SEM) integration and show that the ghost trajectories are not time reversible. We explain how SEM integration can be regularized, in a SEM preserving manner, so that it is time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yosi Shibberu

A fundamental task in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of plasma physics is solving for charged particle motion in electromagnetic fields. This problem is especially challenging when the plasma is strongly magnetized due to numerical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Tri P. Nguyen , Ilon Joseph , Mayya Tokman

The symplectic symmetry of eigenstates for the $0^+_{gs}$ in $^{16}$O and the $0^+_{gs}$ and lowest $2^+$ and $4^+$ configurations of $^{12}$C that are well-converged within the framework of the no-core shell model with the JISP16 realistic…

In this paper, we propose the concept of symplectic computers, which have the potential to be more powerful than quantum computers. Unlike quantum computing, which consists of a sequence of unitary transformations (gates) and projectors…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-18 Igor Volovich

This paper presents a method to construct variational integrators for time-dependent lagrangian systems. The resulting algorithms are symplectic, preserve the momentum map associated with a Lie group of symmetries and also describe the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 M. de Leon , D. Martin de Diego

This paper is devoted to the numerical symplectic approximation of the charged-particle dynamics (CPD) with arbitrary electromagnetic fields. By utilizing continuous-stage methods and exponential integrators, a general class of symplectic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Ting Li , Bin Wang

Integration of the Dirac equation with an external electromagnetic field is explored in the framework of the method of separation of variables and of the method of noncommutative integration. We have found a new type of solutions that are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-06 A. I. Breev , A. V. Shapovalov

In this paper, we study symplectic integration of canonical Hamiltonian systems with Jacobi polynomials. The relevant theoretical results of continuous-stage Runge-Kutta methods are revisited firstly and then symplectic methods with Jacobi…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Wensheng Tang

Motivated by the time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics, we extend the notion of Arnold-Liouville and noncommutative integrability of Hamiltonian systems on symplectic manifolds to that on cosymplectic manifolds. We prove a variant of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Bozidar Jovanovic , Katarina Lukic