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Lagrangian multiform theory is a variational framework for integrable systems. In this article we introduce a new formulation which is based on symplectic geometry and which treats position, momentum and time coordinates of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Vincent Caudrelier , Derek Harland

Most numerical integration algorithms are not designed specifically for Hamiltonian systems and do not respect their characteristic properties, which include the preservation of phase space volume with time. This can lead to spurious…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 David JD Earn

This paper presents a perturbation analysis framework for nonsmooth optimization on connected Riemannian manifolds to bridge the gap between the rapid development of algorithmic approaches and a robust theoretical foundation. Using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Yuexin Zhou , Chao Ding , Yangjing Zhang

In this work, we present a new approach to the construction of variational integrators. In the general case, the estimation of the action integral in a time interval $[q_k,q_{k+1}]$ is used to construct a symplectic map $(q_k,q_{k+1})\to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-12 D S Vlachos , O T Kosmas

Moving mesh methods (also called r-adaptive methods) are space-adaptive strategies used for the numerical simulation of time-dependent partial differential equations. These methods keep the total number of mesh points fixed during the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-31 Tomasz M. Tyranowski , Mathieu Desbrun

We propose explicit symplectic integrators of molecular dynamics (MD) algorithms for rigid-body molecules in the canonical and isothermal-isobaric ensembles. We also present a symplectic algorithm in the constant normal pressure and lateral…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hisashi Okumura , Satoru G. Itoh , Yuko Okamoto

This paper is devoted to the study of acceleration methods for an inequality constrained convex optimization problem by using Lyapunov functions. We first approximate such a problem as an unconstrained optimization problem by employing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Juan Liu , Nan-Jing Huang , Xian-Jun Long , Xue-song 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

Recently, our group developed explicit symplectic methods for curved spacetimes that are not split into several explicitly integrable parts, but are via appropriate time transformations. Such time-transformed explicit symplectic integrators…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-05 Xin Wu , Ying Wang , Wei Sun , Fuyao Liu , Dazhu Ma

Discrete Hamiltonian variational integrators are derived from Type II and Type III generating functions for symplectic maps, and in this paper we establish a variational error analysis result that relates the order of accuracy of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-09 Jeremy M. Schmitt , Melvin Leok

We present and compare different numerical schemes for the integration of the variational equations of autonomous Hamiltonian systems whose kinetic energy is quadratic in the generalized momenta and whose potential is a function of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-17 Ch. Skokos , E. Gerlach

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

Explicit symplectic integrators have been important tools for accurate and efficient approximations of mechanical systems with separable Hamiltonians. For the first time, the article proposes for arbitrary Hamiltonians similar integrators,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Molei Tao

In this work, the benefits of the phase fitting technique are embedded in high order discrete Lagrangian integrators. The proposed methodology creates integrators with zero phase lag in a test Lagrangian in a similar way used in phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-02 O. T. Kosmas , D. S. Vlachos

In this paper structure-preserving time-integrators for rigid body-type mechanical systems are derived from a discrete Hamilton-Pontryagin variational principle. From this principle one can derive a novel class of variational partitioned…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-01-08 Nawaf Bou-Rabee , Jerrold E. Marsden

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

The objective of this work is the introduction and investigation of favourable time integration methods for the Gross--Pitaevskii equation with rotation term. Employing a reformulation in rotating Lagrangian coordinates, the equation takes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Mechthild Thalhammer

Symplectic integrators can be excellent for Hamiltonian initial value problems. Reasons for this include their preservation of invariant sets like tori, good energy behaviour, nonexistence of attractors, and good behaviour of statistical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-19 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

We present the first method to directly use a learned continuous Lagrangian to forecast the dynamics of systems governed by partial differential equations, exploiting the inherent conservative structure to achieve stable long-range…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Lyra Zhornyak , Eric Forgoston , M. Ani Hsieh

Multisymplectic variational integrators are structure preserving numerical schemes especially designed for PDEs derived from covariant spacetime Hamilton principles. The goal of this paper is to study the properties of the temporal and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-10-18 François Demoures , François Gay-Balmaz , Tudor S. Ratiu