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We present the symplectic algorithm in the Lagrangian formalism for the Hamiltonian systems by virtue of the noncommutative differential calculus with respect to the discrete time and the Euler--Lagrange cohomological concepts. We also show…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Y. Guo , Y. Q. Li , K. Wu

Explicit symplectic integrators have been important tools for accurate and efficient approximations of mechanical systems with separable Hamiltonians. For the first time, the article proposes for arbitrary Hamiltonians similar integrators,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Molei Tao

Motivated by understanding the behavior of the Alternating Mirror Descent (AMD) algorithm for bilinear zero-sum games, we study the discretization of continuous-time Hamiltonian flow via the symplectic Euler method. We provide a framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Jonas Katona , Xiuyuan Wang , Andre Wibisono

We introduce a novel numerical method to integrate partial differential equations representing the Hamiltonian dynamics of field theories. It is a multi-symplectic integrator that locally conserves the stress-energy tensor with an excellent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-23 Hugo Ricateau , Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Geometric aspects play an important role in the construction and analysis of structure-preserving numerical methods for a wide variety of ordinary and partial differential equations. Here we review the development and theory of symplectic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-12 Ludwig Gauckler , Ernst Hairer , Christian Lubich

The existence of explicit symplectic integrators for general nonseparable Hamiltonian systems is an open and important problem in both numerical analysis and computing in science and engineering, as explicit integrators are usually more…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-18 Lijie Mei , Xinyuan Wu , Yaolin Jiang

Generalized Additive Runge-Kutta schemes have shown to be a suitable tool for solving ordinary differential equations with additively partitioned right-hand sides. This work develops symplectic GARK schemes for additively partitioned…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Michael Günther , Adrian Sandu , Kevin Schäfers , Antonella Zanna

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

In this work, a kernel-based surrogate for integrating Hamiltonian dynamics that is symplectic by construction and tailored to large prediction horizons is proposed. The method learns a scalar potential whose gradient enters a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Robin Herkert , Tobias Ehring , Bernard Haasdonk

Aerial manipulators (AM) exhibit particularly challenging, non-linear dynamics; the UAV and the manipulator it is carrying form a tightly coupled dynamic system, mutually impacting each other. The mathematical model describing these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Paul Kremer , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

This work focuses on numerical solutions of optimal control problems. A time discretization error representation is derived for the approximation of the associated value function. It concerns Symplectic Euler solutions of the Hamiltonian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-23 Jesper Karlsson , Stig Larsson , Mattias Sandberg , Anders Szepessy , Raùl Tempone

Simulation of many-particle system evolution by molecular dynamics takes to decrease integration step to provide numerical scheme stability on the sufficiently large time interval. It leads to a significant increase of the volume of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-19 Eduard G. Nikonov

Let $L$ be a $4$th order differential operator with coefficients in $\mathbb{K}(z)$, with $\mathbb{K}$ a computable algebraically closed field. The operator $L$ is called symplectic when up to rational gauge transformation, the fundamental…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Thierry Combot , Camilo Sanabria

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

Accelerated gradient methods have had significant impact in machine learning -- in particular the theoretical side of machine learning -- due to their ability to achieve oracle lower bounds. But their heuristic construction has hindered…

Computation · Statistics 2018-02-16 Michael Betancourt , Michael I. Jordan , Ashia C. Wilson

The numerical solution of an ordinary differential equation can be interpreted as the exact solution of a nearby modified equation. Investigating the behaviour of numerical solutions by analysing the modified equation is known as backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-12-12 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

We present a practical algorithm based on symplectic splitting methods to integrate numerically in time the Schr\"odinger equation. When discretized in space, the Schr\"odinger equation can be recast as a classical Hamiltonian system…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-24 S. Blanes , F. Casas , A. Murua

In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic error distributions of symplectic methods for stochastic Hamiltonian systems and further provide Hamiltonian-specific analysis that clarifies the superiority of symplectic methods. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Chuchu Chen , Xinyu Chen , Jialin Hong , Yuqian Miao

We introduce an iterative method to search for time-optimal Hamiltonians that drive a quantum system between two arbitrary, and in general mixed, quantum states. The method is based on the idea of progressively improving the efficiency of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Francesco Campaioli , William Sloan , Kavan Modi , Felix Alexander Pollock

A new method is proposed for integrating the equations of motion of an elastic filament. In the standard finite-difference and finite-element formulations the continuum equations of motion are discretized in space and time, but it is then…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anthony JC Ladd , Gaurav Misra