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This paper introduces a new class of Lie systems that are Hamiltonian relative to a $k$-contact manifold. We show that a recent distributional approach to $k$-contact manifolds along with a related $k$-contact Hamiltonian vector field…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Javier de Lucas , Xavier Rivas , Tomasz Sobczak

In this paper we aim at presenting a concise but also comprehensive study of time-dependent (tdependent) Hamiltonian dynamics on a locally conformal symplectic (lcs) manifold. We present a generalized geometric theory of canonical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Orlando Ragnisco , Cristina Sardon , Marcin Zając

The geometric formulation of Hamilton--Jacobi theory for systems with nonholonomic constraints is developed, following the ideas of the authors in previous papers. The relation between the solutions of the Hamilton--Jacobi problem with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 J. F. Cariñena , X. Gracia , G. Marmo , E. Martinez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Roman-Roy

In this paper we present the theorem on Lie integrability by quadratures for time-independent Hamiltonian systems on symplectic and contact manifolds, and for time-dependent Hamiltonian systems on cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-03-01 R. Azuaje

We present a new existence mechanism, based on symplectic topology, for orbits of Hamiltonian flows connecting a pair of disjoint subsets in the phase space. The method involves function theory on symplectic manifolds combined with rigidity…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Michael Entov , Leonid Polterovich

We study the practical scope of the $k$-contact Hamilton--De Donder--Weyl formalism as a geometric framework for dissipative field equations. In particular, our work focuses on canonical $k$-contact manifolds on $\bigoplus^k {\rm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 J. de Lucas , J. Lange , M. Krych

We define Floer homology for a time-independent, or autonomous Hamiltonian on a symplectic manifold with contact type boundary, under the assumption that its 1-periodic orbits are transversally nondegenerate. Our construction is based on…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-30 Frédéric Bourgeois , Alexandru Oancea

We define a class of symplectic fibrations called symplectic configurations. They are natural generalization of Hamiltonian fibrations. Their geometric and topological properties are investigated. We are mainly concentrated on integral…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2010-05-13 Swiat Gal , Jarek Kedra

We explore a particular approach to the analysis of dynamical and geometrical properties of autonomous, Pfaffian non-holonomic systems in classical mechanics. The method is based on the construction of a certain auxiliary constrained…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas Chen

We introduce non-smooth symplectic forms on manifolds and describe corresponding Poisson structures on the algebra of Colombeau generalized functions. This is achieved by establishing an extension of the classical map of smooth functions to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-15 Guenther Hoermann , Sanja Konjik , Michael Kunzinger

Symplectic integration algorithms are well-suited for long-term integrations of Hamiltonian systems because they preserve the geometric structure of the Hamiltonian flow. However, this desirable property is generally lost when adaptive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-20 Miguel Preto , Scott Tremaine

We show that the contact dynamics obtained from the Herglotz variational principle can be described as a constrained nonholonomic or vakonomic ordinary Lagrangian system depending on a dissipative variable with an adequate choice of one…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Manuel de León , Manuel Laínz , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Narciso Román-Roy

This work presents a self-contained continuum formulation for coupled chemical, mechanical and thermal contact interactions. The formulation is very general and hence admits arbitrary geometry, deformation and material behavior. All model…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-08-12 Roger A. Sauer , Thang X. Duong , Kranthi K. Mandadapu

Many important physical systems can be described as the evolution of a Hamiltonian system, which has the important property of being conservative, that is, energy is conserved throughout the evolution. Physics Informed Neural Networks and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Harsh Choudhary , Chandan Gupta , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Melvin Leok , Georgios Korpas

We prove that, under some natural conditions, Hamiltonian systems on a contact manifold $C$ can be split into a Reeb dynamics on an open subset of $C$ and a Liouville dynamics on a submanifold of $C$ of codimension 1. For the Reeb dynamics…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Alessandro Bravetti , Manuel de León , Juan Carlos Marrero , Edith Padrón

Cosymplectic geometry has been proven to be a very useful geometric background to describe time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics. In this work, we address the globalization problem of locally cosymplectic Hamiltonian dynamics that failed to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-01 Begüm Ateşli , Oğul Esen , Manuel de León , Cristina Sardón

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo is typically based on the assumption of an underlying canonical symplectic structure. Numerical integrators designed for the canonical structure are incompatible with motion generated by non-canonical dynamics. These…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-08-20 James A. Brofos , Roy R. Lederman

Examples of the construction of Hamiltonian structures for dynamical systems in field theory (including one reputedly non-Hamiltonian problem) without using Lagrangians, are presented. The recently developed method used requires the…

solv-int · Physics 2008-11-26 Andres Gomberoff , Sergio A. Hojman

In this short note, we make an observation relating symplectic packings of the standard symplectic ball by two sets and Hamiltonian linking.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Dylan Cant

We will present a consistent description of Hamiltonian dynamics on the ``symplectic extended phase space'' that is analogous to that of a time-\underline{in}dependent Hamiltonian system on the conventional symplectic phase space. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Jürgen Struckmeier