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Constrained Hamiltonian systems fall into the realm of presymplectic geometry. We show, however, that also Poisson geometry is of use in this context. For the case that the constraints form a closed algebra, there are two natural Poisson…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Martin Bojowald , Thomas Strobl

The aim of this work is to study, from an intrinsic and geometric point of view, second-order constrained variational problems on Lie algebroids, that is, optimization problems defined by a cost functional which depends on higher-order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 Leonardo Colombo

In this paper, explicit stable integrators based on symplectic and contact geometries are proposed for a non-autonomous ordinarily differential equation (ODE) found in improving convergence rate of Nesterov's accelerated gradient method.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Shin-itiro Goto , Hideitsu Hino

In this note, we propose a symplectic algorithm for the stable manifolds of the Hamilton-Jacobi equations combined with an iterative procedure in [Sakamoto-van~der Schaft, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2008]. Our algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-16 Guoyuan Chen , Gaosheng Zhu

We will show the usefulness of the tools of Symplectic and Presymplectic Geometry and the corresponding Lie algebraic methods in different problems in Geometric Optics.

Optics · Physics 2008-11-06 J. F. Cariñena , C. López , J. Nasarre

Extension of symplectic geometry on manifolds to the supersymmetric case is considered. In the even case it leads to the even symplectic geometry (or, equivalently, to the geometry on supermanifolds endowed with a non-degenerate Poisson…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. M. Lavrov , O. V. Radchenko

In this chapter, we identify fundamental geometric structures that underlie the problems of sampling, optimisation, inference and adaptive decision-making. Based on this identification, we derive algorithms that exploit these geometric…

These notes are intended to be an introduction to shifted symplectic geometry, targeted to Poisson geometers with a serious background in homological algebra. They are extracted from a mini-course given by the first author at the Poisson…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Damien Calaque , Stefano Ronchi

This is an invited contribution to the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, that provides a very short survey of derived symplectic geometry. Derived symplectic geometry studies symplectic structures on derived stacks.…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Damien Calaque

We show there is a class of symplectic Lie algebra representations over any field of characteristic not 2 or 3 that have many of the exceptional algebraic and geometric properties of both symmetric three forms in two dimensions and…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Marcus J. Slupinski , Robert J. Stanton

In the recent years, considerable attention has been paid to preserving structures and invariants in reduced basis methods, in order to enhance the stability and robustness of the reduced system. In the context of Hamiltonian systems,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-22 Babak Maboudi Afkham , Ashish Bhatt , Bernard Haasdonk , Jan S. Hesthaven

A central problem in topological data analysis is that of computing the homology of a given simplicial complex. Said complexes can have arbitrary large number of simplices, as can happen, for example, if the space is the Rips-Vietoris or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Francisco Martinez-Figueroa

In this paper we study the symplectic and Poisson geometry of moduli spaces of flat connections over quilted surfaces. These are surfaces where the structure group varies from region to region in the surface, and where a reduction (or…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-29 David Li-Bland , Pavol Severa

A class of Hamiltonian stochastic differential equations with multiplicative L\'{e}vy noise in the sense of Marcus, and the construction and numerical implementation methods of symplectic Euler scheme, are considered. A general symplectic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-16 Qingyi Zhan , Jinqiao Duan , Xiaofan Li , Yuhong Li

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

The symplectic Stiefel manifold, denoted by $\mathrm{Sp}(2p,2n)$, is the set of linear symplectic maps between the standard symplectic spaces $\mathbb{R}^{2p}$ and $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$. When $p=n$, it reduces to the well-known set of $2n\times…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Bin Gao , Nguyen Thanh Son , P. -A. Absil , Tatjana Stykel

Hamilton's equations are fundamental for modeling complex physical systems, where preserving key properties such as energy and momentum is crucial for reliable long-term simulations. Geometric integrators are widely used for this purpose,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Priscilla Canizares , Davide Murari , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Ferdia Sherry , Zakhar Shumaylov

Frames provide redundant, stable representations of data which have important applications in signal processing. We introduce a connection between symplectic geometry and frame theory and show that many important classes of frames have…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-11 Tom Needham , Clayton Shonkwiler

Log-symplectic structures are Poisson structures that are determined by a symplectic form with logarithmic singularities. We construct moduli spaces of curves with values in a log-symplectic manifold. Among the applications, we classify…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Davide Alboresi

This paper studies formulations of second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form on convex domains as equivalent variational problems. The first formulation is that of Smears \& S\"uli [SIAM J.\ Numer.\ Anal.\…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-17 Dietmar Gallistl