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We present a geometric formulation of quantum mechanics based on the symplectic structure of the projective Hilbert space. Building upon the standard K\"ahler framework, we introduce an extension in which the symplectic structure is allowed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Hoshang Heydari

Gaussian wavepacket dynamics has proven to be a useful semiclassical approximation for quantum simulations of high-dimensional systems with low anharmonicity. Compared to Heller's original local harmonic method, the variational Gaussian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Roya Moghaddasi Fereidani , Jiří JL Vaníček

The algebro-geometric approach for integrability of semi-Hamiltonian hydrodynamic type systems is presented. This method is significantly simplified for so-called symmetric hydrodynamic type systems. Plenty interesting and physically…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Maxim V. Pavlov

Dependable numerical results from long-time simulations require stable numerical integration schemes. For Hamiltonian systems, this is achieved with symplectic integrators, which conserve the symplectic condition and exactly solve for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stephen D. Webb

We consider a system with a discrete configuration space. We show that the geometrical structures associated with such a system provide the tools necessary for a reconstruction of discrete quantum mechanics once dynamics is brought into the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-03 Marcel Reginatto , Michael J. W. Hall

Solving quaternion kinematical differential equations is one of the most significant problems in the automation, navigation, aerospace and aeronautics literatures. Most existing approaches for this problem neither preserve the norm of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-26 Hong-Yan Zhang , Lu-Sha Zhou , Zi-Hao Wang , Long Ma , Yi-Fan Niu

We present and analyze a framework for designing symplectic neural networks (SympNets) based on geometric integrators for Hamiltonian differential equations. The SympNets are universal approximators in the space of Hamiltonian…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Benjamin K Tapley

We present a general framework for constructing structure-preserving numerical integrators for nonholonomically constrained mechanical systems evolving on Lie groups using retraction maps. Retraction maps generalize the exponential map and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Viyom Vivek , David Martin de Diego , Ravi N. Banavar

Evolutionary partial differential equations play a crucial role in many areas of science and engineering. Spatial discretization of these equations leads to a system of ordinary differential equations which can then be solved by numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-22 F. K. J. Niggl

We discuss how dynamical fermion computations may be made yet cheaper by using symplectic integrators that conserve energy much more accurately without decreasing the integration step size. We first explain why symplectic integrators…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-11-26 M. A. Clark , A. D. Kennedy

Researchers working with mathematical models are often confronted by the related problems of parameter estimation, model validation, and model selection. These are all optimization problems, well-known to be challenging due to…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2016-04-04 Elizabeth Gross , Brent Davis , Kenneth L. Ho , Daniel J. Bates , Heather A. Harrington

The Separation of Variables theory for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is 'by definition' related to the use of special kinds of coordinates, for example Jacobi coordinates on the ellipsoid or St\"ackel systems in the Euclidean space. However,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-07-20 Giovanni Rastelli

Variational integrators are derived for structure-preserving simulation of stochastic forced Hamiltonian systems. The derivation is based on a stochastic discrete Hamiltonian which approximates a type-II stochastic generating function for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-07 Michael Kraus , Tomasz M. Tyranowski

In this paper, we develop a structure-preserving discretization of the Lagrangian framework for electromagnetism, combining techniques from variational integrators and discrete differential forms. This leads to a general family of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-11-05 Ari Stern , Yiying Tong , Mathieu Desbrun , Jerrold E. Marsden

We show that symplectic Runge-Kutta methods provide effective symplectic integrators for Hamiltonian systems with index one constraints. These include the Hamiltonian description of variational problems subject to position and velocity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-28 Robert I McLachlan , Klas Modin , Olivier Verdier , Matt Wilkins

Numerical methods that preserve geometric invariants of the system, such as energy, momentum or the symplectic form, are called geometric integrators. Variational integrators are an important class of geometric integrators. The general idea…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-04 Leonardo Colombo , Manuela Gamonal Fernández , David Martín de Diego

Systems of partial differential equations which appear in classical field theories can be studied geometrically using different geometrical structures, for example, k-symplectic geometry, k-cosymplectic geometry, multisymplectic geometry,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 S. Vilariño

The use of geometric and symmetry techniques in quantum and classical information processing has a long tradition across the physical sciences as a means of theoretical discovery and applied problem solving. In the modern era, the emergent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Elija Perrier

A class of trigonometric integrator is proposed for the constrained ring polymer Hamiltonian dynamics, arising from the path integral molecular dynamics. The integrator is formulated by the composition of flows, thereby integrating the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-05 Yunfeng Xiong

The paper gives a symplectic-geometric account of semiclassical Gaussian wave packet dynamics. We employ geometric techniques to "strip away" the symplectic structure behind the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation and incorporate it into…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-20 Tomoki Ohsawa , Melvin Leok