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The Hamiltonian approach to isomonodromic deformation systems for generic rational covariant derivative operators on the Riemann sphere, having any matrix dimension $r$ and any number of isolated singularities of arbitrary Poincar\'e rank,…

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We discuss in this paper the canonical structure of classical field theory in finite dimensions within the {\it{pataplectic}} Hamiltonian formulation, where we put forward the role of Legendre correspondance. We define the generalized…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Frédéric Hélein , Joseph Kouneiher

First, we review the notion of a Poisson structure on a noncommutative algebra due to Block-Getzler and Xu and introduce a notion of a Hamiltonian vector field on a noncommutative Poisson algebra. Then we describe a Poisson structure on a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-12-11 Yuri A. Kordyukov

We present a formalism for light optics starting with the Maxwell equations and casting them into an exact matrix form taking into account the spatial and temporal variations of the permittivity and permeability. This $8 \times 8$ matrix…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sameen Ahmed Khan

In this article we have illustrated how is possible to formulate Maxwell's equations in vacuum in an independent form of the usual systems of units. Maxwell's equations, are then specialized to the most commonly used systems of units:…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Francesco Ferdinando Summa

The Hamiltonian approach to isomonodromic deformation systems is extended to include generic rational covariant derivative operators on the Riemann sphere with irregular singularities of arbitrary Poincar\'e rank. The space of rational…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2023-08-08 M. Bertola , J. Harnad , J. Hurtubise

The classical equations of motion of Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories are known to be invariant under a duality symmetry acting on the field strengths. We implement the SL(2,Z) duality in these theories as linear but non-local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Cedric R. Leao , Victor O. Rivelles

The dynamic of a classical system can be expressed by means of Poisson brackets. In this paper we generalize the relation between the usual non covariant Hamiltonian and the Poisson brackets to a covariant Hamiltonian and new brackets in…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Berard , H. Mohrbach , P. Gosselin

Reparametrization invariant Lagrangian theories with higher derivatives are considered. We investigate the geometric structures behind these theories and construct the Hamiltonian formalism in a geometric way. The Legendre transformation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Petr Dunin-Barkowski , Alexei Sleptsov

In this paper, we develop a geometric, structure-preserving semi-discrete formulation of Maxwell's equations in both three- and two-dimensional settings within the framework of discrete exterior calculus. This approach preserves the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Volodymyr Sushch

Vector fields with components which are generalized zero-forms are constructed. Inner products with generalized forms, Lie derivatives and Lie brackets are computed. The results are shown to generalize previously reported results for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-19 D. C. Robinson

It is shown that the new formula for the field theory Poisson brackets arise naturally in the extension of the formal variational calculus incorporating divergences. The linear spaces of local functionals, evolutionary vector fields,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir O. Soloviev

It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir O. Soloviev

A Lie-Hamilton system is a nonautonomous system of first-order ordinary differential equations describing the integral curves of a $t$-dependent vector field taking values in a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra of Hamiltonian vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-06 A. Blasco , F. J. Herranz , J. de Lucas , C. Sardon

A framework to systematically decouple high order elliptic equations into combination of Poisson-type and Stokes-type equations is developed. The key is to systematically construct the underling commutative diagrams involving the complexes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-03 Long Chen , Xuehai Huang

In this paper, we develop Hamiltonian particle-in-cell methods for Vlasov-Maxwell equations by applying conforming finite element methods in space and splitting methods in time. For the spatial discretisation, the criteria for choosing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Yang He , Yajuan Sun , Hong Qin , Jian Liu

We hybridize the methods of finite element exterior calculus for the Hodge-Laplace problem on differential $k$-forms in $\mathbb{R}^n$. In the cases $k = 0$ and $k = n$, we recover well-known primal and mixed hybrid methods for the scalar…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Gerard Awanou , Maurice Fabien , Johnny Guzmán , Ari Stern

Some positive answers to the problem of endowing a dynamical system with a Hamiltonian formulation are presented within the class of Poisson structures in a geometric framework. We address this problem on orientable manifolds and by using…

We propose a non-perturbative description of the moduli spaces encoding p-form generalized Maxwell theories in any dimension, using derived differential geometry. Our approach synthesizes the Batalin--Vilkovisky formalism with differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Chris Elliott , Owen Gwilliam , Ingmar Saberi , Brian R. Williams

We give a natural definition of a Poisson Differential Algebra. Consistence conditions are formulated in geometrical terms. It is found that one can often locally put the Poisson structure on differential calculus in a simple canonical form…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-30 Chong-Sun Chu , Pei-Ming Ho