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We propose to use the properties of the Lie algebra of the angular momentum to build symplectic integrators dedicated to the Hamiltonian of the free rigid body. By introducing a dependence of the coefficients of integrators on the moments…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 J. Laskar , T. Vaillant

The purpose of this paper is to describe geometrically discrete Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics on Lie groupoids. From a variational principle we derive the discrete Euler-Lagrange equations and we introduce a symplectic 2-section,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-16 J. C. Marrero , D. Martín de Diego , E. Martínez

By exploiting the error functions of explicit symplectic integrators for solving separable Hamiltonians, I show that it is possible to develop explicit, time-reversible symplectic integrators for solving non-separable Hamiltonians of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Siu A. Chin

A complete error analysis of variational integrators is obtained, by blowing up the discrete variational principles, all of which have a singularity at zero time-step. Divisions by the time step lead to an order that is one less than…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-03-05 George W. Patrick , Charles Cuell

An outstanding property of any Hamiltonian system is the symplecticity of its flow, namely, the continuous trajectory preserves volume in phase space. Given a symplectic but discrete trajectory generated by a transition matrix applied at a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Liyan Ni , Yihao Zhao , Zhonghan Hu

This contribution presents an integration method based on the Simpson quadrature. The integrator is designed for finite-dimensional nonlinear mechanical systems that derive from variational principles. The action is discretized using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Juan Antonio Rojas-Quintero , François Dubois , Frédéric Jourdan

This paper develops a structure-preserving numerical integration scheme for a class of higher-order mechanical systems. The dynamics of these systems are governed by invariant variational principles defined on higher-order tangent bundles…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-10-11 Christopher L. Burnett , Darryl D. Holm , David M. Meier

In backward error analysis, an approximate solution to an equation is compared to the exact solution to a nearby modified equation. In numerical ordinary differential equations, the two agree up to any power of the step size. If the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

Multisymplectic variational integrators are structure preserving numerical schemes especially designed for PDEs derived from covariant spacetime Hamilton principles. The goal of this paper is to study the properties of the temporal and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-18 François Demoures , François Gay-Balmaz , Tudor S. Ratiu

We implement and investigate the numerical properties of a new family of integrators connecting both variants of the symplectic Euler schemes, and including an alternative to the classical symplectic mid-point scheme, with some additional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-14 Hugo Jiménez-Pérez , Jean-Pierre Vilotte , Barbara Romanowicz

We study the connection between Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions of closed/open dynamics, for a collection of particles with quadratic interaction (closed system) and a sub-collection of particles with linear damping (open system).…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-09-18 Farhang Haddad Farshi , Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

Motivated by recent developments in Hamiltonian variational principles, Hamiltonian variational integrators, and their applications such as to optimization and control, we present a new Type II variational approach for Hamiltonian systems,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Brian K. Tran , Melvin Leok

Recent advances in analog and digital quantum-simulation platforms have enabled exploration of the spectrum of entanglement Hamiltonians via variational algorithms. In this work we analyze the convergence properties of the variationally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-16 Yanick S. Kind , Benedikt Fauseweh

We present an approach to construct appropriate and efficient emulators for Hamiltonian flow maps. Intended future applications are long-term tracing of fast charged particles in accelerators and magnetic plasma confinement configurations.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Katharina Rath , Christopher G. Albert , Bernd Bischl , Udo von Toussaint

Dynamics of a charged particle in the canonical coordinates is a Hamiltonian system, and the well-known symplectic algorithm has been regarded as the de facto method for numerical integration of Hamiltonian systems due to its long-term…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 Ruili Zhang , Hong Qin , Yifa Tang , Jian Liu , Yang He , Jianyuan Xiao

This article considers Hamiltonian mechanical systems with potential functions admitting jump discontinuities. The focus is on accurate and efficient numerical approximations of their solutions, which will be defined via the laws of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-05 Molei Tao , Shi Jin

A new family of methods involving complex coefficients for the numerical integration of differential equations is presented and analyzed. They are constructed as linear combinations of symmetric-conjugate compositions obtained from a basic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Fernando Casas , Alejandro Escorihuela-Tomàs

Using well known Lagrangean techniques for uncovering the gauge symmetries of a Lagrangean, we derive the transformation laws for the phase space variables corresponding to local symmetries of the Hamilton equations of motion. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Heinz J. Rothe

Symplectic integration algorithms have become popular in recent years in long-term orbital integrations because these algorithms enforce certain conservation laws that are intrinsic to Hamiltonian systems. For problems with large variations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Man Hoi Lee , Martin J. Duncan , Harold F. Levison

We present and compare different numerical schemes for the integration of the variational equations of autonomous Hamiltonian systems whose kinetic energy is quadratic in the generalized momenta and whose potential is a function of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-17 Ch. Skokos , E. Gerlach