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Hamiltonian systems of ordinary and partial differential equations are fundamental mathematical models spanning virtually all physical scales. A critical property for the robustness and stability of computational methods in such systems is…

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Numerical algorithms based on variational and symplectic integrators exhibit special features that make them promising candidates for application to general relativity and other constrained Hamiltonian systems. This paper lays part of the…

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Due to the chaotic nature of the Solar System, the question of its long-term stability can only be answered in a statistical sense, for instance, based on numerical ensemble integrations of nearby orbits. Destabilization of the inner…

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We present a comparison of different numerical techniques for the integration of variational equations. The methods presented can be applied to any autonomous Hamiltonian system whose kinetic energy is quadratic in the generalized momenta,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-06-08 E. Gerlach , Ch. Skokos

In a previous paper, second- and fourth-order explicit symplectic integrators were designed for a Hamiltonian of the Schwarzschild black hole. Following this work, we continue to trace the possibility of the construction of explicit…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-05 Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu , Xin Wu

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

An analytical method for investigation of the evolution of dynamical systems {\it with independent on time accuracy} is developed for perturbed Hamiltonian systems. The error-free estimation using of computer algebra enables the application…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-13 A. V. Gurzadyan , A. A. Kocharyan

This paper deals with the dynamics of time-reversible Hamiltonian vector fields with 2 and 3 degrees of freedom around an elliptic equilibrium point in presence of symplectic involutions. The main results discuss the existence of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-09-04 Claudio Buzzi , Luci Any Roberto , Marco Antonio Teixeira

We develop a rigorous analytical Hamiltonian formalism adapted to the study of the motion of two planets in co-orbital resonance. By constructing a complex domain of holomorphy for the planetary Hamilto-nian, we estimate the size of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Philippe Robutel , Laurent Niederman , Alexandre Pousse

Symplectic schemes are powerful methods for numerically integrating Hamiltonian systems, and their long-term accuracy and fidelity have been proved both theoretically and numerically. However direct applications of standard symplectic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Jianyuan Xiao , Hong Qin

We propose a general scheme for separation of variables in the integrable Hamiltonian systems on orbits of the loop algebra $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\Complex)\times \mathcal{P}(\lambda,\lambda^{-1})$. In particular, we illustrate the scheme by…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2011-03-03 Julia Bernatska , Petro Holod

We give a possible splitting method to a Hamiltonian for the description of charged particles moving around the Reissner-Nordstrom-(anti)-de Sitter black hole with an external magnetic field. This Hamiltonian can be separated into six…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-05 Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu , Xin Wu

Modified Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (MHMC) methods combine the ideas behind two popular sampling approaches: Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) and importance sampling. As in the HMC case, the bulk of the computational cost of MHMC algorithms lies…

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

Due to the chaotic nature of the Solar System, the question of its dynamic long-term stability can only be answered in a statistical sense, e.g. based on numerical ensemble integrations of nearby orbits. Destabilization, including…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Richard E. Zeebe

Hamiltonian systems are known to conserve the Hamiltonian function, which describes the energy evolution over time. Obtaining a numerical spatio-temporal scheme that accurately preserves the discretized Hamiltonian function is often a…

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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

We prove that the recently developed semiexplicit symplectic integrators for non-separable Hamiltonian systems preserve any linear and quadratic invariants possessed by the Hamiltonian systems. This is in addition to being symmetric and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Tomoki Ohsawa

Wisdom--Holman (WH) methods are algorithms used as a basis for a wide range of codes used to solve problems in solar system and planetary dynamics. The problems range from the growth and migration of planets to the stability of the solar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-14 David M. Hernandez

It is well known that symplectic integrators lose their near energy preservation properties when variable step sizes are used. The most common approach to combine adaptive step sizes and symplectic integrators involves the Poincar\'e…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-25 Valentin Duruisseaux , Jeremy Schmitt , Melvin Leok