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The aim of this paper is to develop a Hamilton--Jacobi theory for contact Hamiltonian systems. We find several forms for a suitable Hamilton-Jacobi equation accordingly to the Hamiltonian and the evolution vector fields for a given…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Manuel de León , Manuel Laínz , Álvaro Muñiz--Brea

Many important theories in modern physics can be stated using differential geometry. Symplectic geometry is the natural framework to deal with autonomous Hamiltonian mechanics. This admits several generalizations for nonautonomous systems,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Xavier Rivas Guijarro

Contact Geometry is an odd dimensional analogue of Symplectic Geometry. This vague idea can actually be formalized in a rather precise way by means of a Symplectic-to-Contact Dictionary. The aim of this review paper is discussing the basic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Fabrizio Pugliese , Giovanni Sparano , Luca Vitagliano

Hamiltonian systems are differential equations which describe systems in classical mechanics, plasma physics, and sampling problems. They exhibit many structural properties, such as a lack of attractors and the presence of conservation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Christian Offen , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

In this paper, we propose a discrete Hamilton--Jacobi theory for (discrete) Hamiltonian dynamics defined on a (discrete) contact manifold. To this end, we first provide a novel geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory for continuous contact…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Oğul Esen , Cristina Sardón , Marcin Zajac

Stochastic contact Hamiltonian systems are a class of important mathematical models, which can describe the dissipative properties with odd dimensions in the stochastic environment. In this article, we investigate the numerical dynamics of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Qingyi Zhan , Jinqiao Duan , Xiaofan Li , Lijin Wang

We present a complete theory of higher-order autonomous contact mechanics, which allows us to describe higher-order dynamical systems with dissipation. The essential tools for the theory are the extended higher-order tangent bundles, ${\rm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset , Manuel Laínz , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Narciso Román-Roy

We develop a unified geometric framework for mechanical systems that combine conservative and dissipative dynamics by formulating them on contact manifolds. Within this setting, we identify the Reeb vector field as the intrinsic generator…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Vinesh Vijayan , Pasupuleti Thejasree , P Satish Kumar , K Suganya

This paper is a continuation of our study of the dynamics of contact Hamiltonian systems in \cite{JY}, but without monotonicity assumption. Due to the complexity of general cases, we focus on the behavior of action minimizing orbits. We…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Liang Jin , Jun Yan , Kai Zhao

In this work we devise a stochastic version of contact Hamiltonian systems, and show that the phase flows of these systems preserve contact structures. Moreover, we provide a sufficient condition under which these stochastic contact…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Pingyuan Wei , Zibo Wang

This is a light survey article about the origins of contact and symplectic topology in dynamics and the more recent developments in the field. In lieu of formulas, numerous anecdotes are given.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-09 Jo Nelson

We derived a condition under which a coupled system consisting of two finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems becomes a Hamiltonian system. In many cases, an industrial system can be modeled as a coupled system of some subsystems. Although…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Shunpei Terakawa , Takaharu Yaguchi

A complete geometric classification of symmetries of autonomous Hamiltonian mechanical systems is established; explaining how to obtain their associated conserved quantities in all cases. In particular, first we review well-known results…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 N. Román-Roy

This manuscript introduces novel approaches to three phenomena. First, we extend the algebraic formulation of kinetic theory within the contact framework by making explicit the gauge freedom, thereby obtaining a formulation in which the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Begüm Ateşli , Oğul Esen , Miroslav Grmela , Michal Pavelka

By introducing an integration factor to the differential one-form of contact dynamics, equations of motion are derived variationally, and contact Poisson bracket and contact Lagrangian are formulated. Discrete symplectic integrator, named…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-07-15 Kiyoshi Sogo , Shuhei Ohnishi

In this paper, we introduce a geometric description of contact Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems on Lie algebroids in the framework of contact geometry, using the theory of prolongations. We discuss the relation between Lagrangian and…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Alexandre Anahory Simoes , Leonardo Colombo , Manuel de Leon , Modesto Salgado , Silvia Souto

Several dynamical systems of interest in celestial mechanics can be written in the form of a Newton equation with time-dependent damping, linear in the velocities. For instance, the modified Kepler problem, the spin-orbit model and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Alessandro Bravetti , Marcello Seri , Mats Vermeeren , Federico Zadra

Contact geometry allows to describe some thermodynamic and dissipative systems. In this paper we introduce a new geometric structure in order to describe time-dependent contact systems: cocontact manifolds. Within this setting we develop…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-01-27 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset , Xavier Gràcia , Miguel Carlos Muñoz-Lecanda , Xavier Rivas

We prove that a topological contact isotopy uniquely defines a topological contact Hamiltonian. Combined with previous results from [MS11], this generalizes the classical one-to-one correspondence between smooth contact isotopies and their…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-05-31 Stefan Müller , Peter Spaeth

In this paper, we apply the geometric Hamilton--Jacobi theory to obtain solutions of Hamiltonian systems in Classical Mechanics, that are either compatible with a cosymplectic or a contact structure. As it is well known, the first structure…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 M. de León , C. Sardón