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Retraction maps have been generalized to discretization maps in (Barbero Li\~n\'an and and Mart\'{\i}n de Diego, 2022). Discretization maps are used to systematically derive numerical integrators that preserve the symplectic structure, as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-29 María Barbero-Liñán , Juan Carlos Marrero , David Martín de Diego

Fractional dissipation is a powerful tool to study non-local physical phenomena such as damping models. The design of geometric, in particular, variational integrators for the numerical simulation of such systems relies on a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Khaled Hariz , Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

Some mechanical systems with dissipation can be described within the framework of the so-called contact mechanics: a modified form of the Euler-Lagrange equations stemming from Herglotz's variational principle, which admits a geometric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Xavier Gràcia , Ángel Martínez-Muñoz , Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy

Variational integrators are momentum-preserving and symplectic numerical methods used to propagate the evolution of Hamiltonian systems. In this paper, we introduce a new class of variational integrators that achieve fourth-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Gerardo De La Torre , Todd Murphey

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

By introducing an integration factor to the differential one-form of contact dynamics, equations of motion are derived variationally, and contact Poisson bracket and contact Lagrangian are formulated. Discrete symplectic integrator, named…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-07-15 Kiyoshi Sogo , Shuhei Ohnishi

We introduce a novel technique for constructing higher-order variational integrators for Hamiltonian systems of ODEs. In particular, we are concerned with generating globally smooth approximations to solutions of a Hamiltonian system. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Melvin Leok , Tatiana Shingel

We present a brief tutorial on the nuts and bolts computation of a multisymplectic particle-in-cell algorithm using the discretized Lagrangian approach. This approach, originated by Marsden, Shadwick, and others, brings the benefits of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-09-18 Stephen D. Webb

The present paper develops a variational theory of discrete fields defined on abstract cellular complexes. The discrete formulation is derived solely from a variational principle associated to a discrete Lagrangian density on a discrete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. C. Casimiro , C. Rodrigo

We establish an implicit variational principle for the equations of the contact flow generated by the Hamiltonian $H(x,u,p)$ with respect to the contact 1-form $\alpha=du-pdx$ under Tonelli and Osgood growth assumptions. It is the first…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Lin Wang , Jun Yan

Variational integrators are a special kind of geometric discretisation methods applicable to any system of differential equations that obeys a Lagrangian formulation. In this thesis, variational integrators are developed for several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-08 Michael Kraus

Variational symplectic algorithms have recently been developed for carrying out long-time simulation of charged particles in magnetic fields. As a direct consequence of their derivation from a discrete variational principle, these…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jonathan Squire , Hong Qin , William M. Tang

In this article we develop a theory of contact systems with nonholonomic constraints. We obtain the dynamics from Herglotz's variational principle, by restricting the variations so that they satisfy the nonholonomic constraints. We prove…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 Manuel de León , Víctor Manuel Jiménez , Manuel Lainz Valcázar

Recent research on accelerated gradient methods of use in optimization has demonstrated that these methods can be derived as discretizations of dynamical systems. This, in turn, has provided a basis for more systematic investigations,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Alessandro Bravetti , Maria L. Daza-Torres , Hugo Flores-Arguedas , Michael Betancourt

In this paper we study vakonomic dynamics on contact systems with nonlinear constraints. In order to obtain the dynamics, we consider a space of admisible paths, which are the ones tangent to a given submanifold. Then, we find the critical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-07 Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda

We address the problem of constructing numerical integrators for nonholonomic Lagrangian systems that enjoy appropriate discrete versions of the geometric properties of the continuous flow, including the preservation of energy. Building on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jorge Cortes

Hamiltonian systems are differential equations which describe systems in classical mechanics, plasma physics, and sampling problems. They exhibit many structural properties, such as a lack of attractors and the presence of conservation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Christian Offen , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

We develop an approach for the analysis of fundamental solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations of contact type based on a generalized variational principle proposed by Gustav Herglotz. We also give a quantitative Lipschitz estimate on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Piermarco Cannarsa , Wei Cheng , Kaizhi Wang , Jun Yan

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

We present a complete theory of higher-order autonomous contact mechanics, which allows us to describe higher-order dynamical systems with dissipation. The essential tools for the theory are the extended higher-order tangent bundles, ${\rm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Manuel de León , Jordi Gaset , Manuel Laínz , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda , Narciso Román-Roy