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We study a class of weakly coupled Hamilton-Jacobi systems with a specific aim to perform a qualitative analysis in the spirit of weak KAM theory. Our main achievement is the definition of a family of related action functionals containing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-03 H. Mitake , A. Siconolfi , H. V. Tran , N. Yamada

Employing a suitable nonlinear Lagrange functional, we derive generalized Hamilton-Jacobi equations for dynamical systems subject to linear velocity constraints. As long as a solution of the generalized Hamilton-Jacobi equation exists, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Michele Pavon

We consider the problem of time-optimal path planning for simple nonholonomic vehicles. In previous similar work, the vehicle has been simplified to a point mass and the obstacles have been stationary. Our formulation accounts for a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-22 Christian Parkinson , Madeline Ceccia

These notes grew out of a lecture course on mathematical methods of classical physics for students of mathematics and mathematical physics at the master's level. Also, physicists with a strong interest in mathematics may find this text…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-25 Vicente Cortés , Alexander S. Haupt

In some previous papers, a Legendre duality between Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics has been developed. The (\rho,\eta)-tangent application of the Legendre bundle morphism associated to a Lagrangian L or Hamiltonian H is presented.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-30 Constantin M. Arcuş

The idea of wave mechanics leads naturally to assume the well-known relation $E=\hbar \omega $ in the specific form $H=\hbar W$, where $H$ is the classical Hamiltonian of a particle and $W$ is the dispersion relation of the sought-for wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-07-19 Mayeul Arminjon , Frank Reifler

A basic problem in the relativistic quantum Hamilton-Jacobi theory is to understand whether it may admit superluminal solutions. Here we consider the averaging of the speed on a period of the oscillating term which is similar to Dirac's…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-20 Marco Matone

In most books the Delaunay and Lagrange equations for the orbital elements are derived by the Hamilton-Jacobi method: one begins with the 2-body Hamilton equations, performs a canonical transformation to the orbital elements, and obtains…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Michael Efroimsky , Peter Goldreich

We present the analytic solution for the stationary quantum HamiltonJacobi equation. Knowing the strong relation between the Riccati and quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equations, we develop a simple method to obtain the exact solution. Then, in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-06 L. A. Poveda-Cuevas , F. J. Poveda-Cuevas

In this note, we characterize the solution of a system of elliptic integro-differential equations describing a phe-notypically structured population subject to mutation, selection and migration. Generalizing an approach based on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Sepideh Mirrahimi , Sylvain Gandon

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for Hamilton-Jacobi equations with large drift terms, where the drift terms are given by the Hamiltonian vector fields of Hamiltonian $H$. This is an attempt to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-20 Hitoshi Ishii , Taiga Kumagai

We establish multi-scale convergence theory for a class of Hamilton-Jacobi PDEs in space of probability measures. They arise from context of hydrodynamic limit of N-particle deterministic action minimizing (global) Lagrangian dynamics. From…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Jin Feng

Interference dynamics is analyzed in the light of the complex quantum Hamilton-Jacobi formalism, using as a working model the collision of two Gaussian wave packets. Though simple, this model nicely shows that interference in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-04 A. S. Sanz , S. Miret-Artes

It has earlier been argued that there should exist a formulation of quantum mechanics which does not refer to a background spacetime. In this paper we propose that, for a relativistic particle, such a formulation is provided by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Singh

The Hamilton-Jacobi formalism of constrained systems is used to study superstring. That obtained the equations of motion for a singular system as total differential equations in many variables. These equations of motion are in exact…

General Physics · Physics 2020-05-05 Walaa I. Eshraim

Optimal control problems are crucial in various domains, including path planning, robotics, and humanoid control, demonstrating their broad applicability. The connection between optimal control and Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Tingwei Meng , Siting Liu , Wuchen Li , Stanley Osher

In this paper, we consider first order Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equations posed on a ``junction'', that is to say the union of a finite number of half-lines with a unique common point. For this continuous HJ problem, we propose a finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-06-04 Guillaume Costeseque , Jean-Patrick Lebacque , Régis Monneau

Presented is a method for efficient computation of the Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equation for time-optimal control problems using the generalized Hopf formula. Typically, numerical methods to solve the HJ equation rely on a discrete grid of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Matthew R. Kirchner , Gary Hewer , Jerome Darbon , Stanley Osher

The purpose of this paper is to describe the numerical solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) for an optimal control problem for quantum spin systems. This HJB equation is a first order nonlinear partial differential equation defined…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-05 Srinivas Sridharan , Matthew R. James

We develop a dissipative extension of classical mechanics based on a complex, and more generally quaternionic, action principle that endows every classical system with an intrinsic environment. Decomposing the action into conservative and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Naleli Jubert Matjelo