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Perturbation theory in geometric theories of gravitation is a gauge theory of symmetric tensors defined on a Lorentzian manifold (the background spacetime). The gauge freedom makes uniqueness problems in perturbation theory particularly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-03 Marc Mars , Borja Reina , Raül Vera

A novel efficient and high accuracy numerical method for the time-fractional differential equations (TFDEs) is proposed in this work. We show the equivalence between TFDEs and the integer-order extended parametric differential equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Peng Ding , Zhiping Mao

Perturbation theory is a powerful tool for studying large-scale structure formation in the universe and calculating observables such as the power spectrum or bispectrum. However, beyond linear order, typically this is done by assuming a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Nicholas Choustikov , Zvonimir Vlah , Anthony Challinor

We study the 2nd-order scalar, vector and tensor metric perturbations in Robertson-Walker (RW) spacetime in synchronous coordinates during the radiation dominated (RD) stage. The dominant radiation is modeled by a relativistic fluid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-05 Bo Wang , Yang Zhang

The dynamics of thermally fluctuating conserved order parameters are described by stochastic conservation laws. Thermal equilibrium in such systems requires the dissipative and stochastic components of the flux to be related by detailed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-25 Mahan Raj Banerjee , Sauro Succi , Santosh Ansumali , R. Adhikari

In this work we explore the fidelity of numerical approximations to the analytic spectra of hyperbolic partial differential equation systems with variable coefficients. We are particularly interested in the ability of discrete methods to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Brittany A. Erickson

Continuum resonance damping is an important factor in determining the stability of certain global modes in fusion plasmas. A number of analytic and numerical approaches have been developed to compute this damping, particularly in the case…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 George Bowden , Axel Könies , Matthew Hole , Nikolai Gorelenkov , Graham Dennis

The paper discusses a simple method of using the parametric continuation method to designate complex diagrams of steady states. The main advantage of the discussed approach is the fact that it does not require the installation of huge…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Marek Berezowski

This overview is devoted to splitting methods, a class of numerical integrators intended for differential equations that can be subdivided into different problems easier to solve than the original system. Closely connected with this class…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Ander Murua

A new class of fully decoupled consistent splitting schemes for the Navier-Stokes equations are constructed and analyzed in this paper. The schemes are based on the Taylor expansion at $t^{n+\beta}$ with $\beta\ge 1$ being a free parameter.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Fukeng Huang , Jie Shen

An analytical method for investigation of the evolution of dynamical systems {\it with independent on time accuracy} is developed for perturbed Hamiltonian systems. The error-free estimation using of computer algebra enables the application…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-13 A. V. Gurzadyan , A. A. Kocharyan

The adaptive perturbation method decomposes a Hamiltonian by the diagonal elements and non-diagonal elements of the Fock state. The diagonal elements of the Fock state are solvable but can contain the information about coupling constants.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-25 Chen-Te Ma

In this paper we present a new formulation of the change of gauge formulas in second order cosmological perturbation theory which unifies and simplifies known results. Our approach is based on defining new second order scalar perturbation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-23 Claes Uggla , John Wainwright

First-order variational equations are widely used in N-body simulations to study how nearby trajectories diverge from one another. These allow for efficient and reliable determinations of chaos indicators such as the Maximal Lyapunov…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 Hanno Rein , Daniel Tamayo

An automated algorithm to construct island divertors for stellarators is presented and is used to find divertors that meet heat flux requirements determined by engineering and material limits. The algorithm uses just two initial conditions:…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Avigdor Veksler , Aaron Bader , Heinke Frerichs , Elizabeth Paul

A computational fluid model is developed to study waves and instabilities. A new technique involving initial perturbations in configuration space have been implemented to excite the plasma waves; i.e. the perturbations acting similar to a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Hakimi Pajouh , M. R. Rouhani , H. Abbasi , F. Kazeminejad , S. Rouhani

The goal of this paper is to create a fruitful bridge between the numerical methods for approximating partial differential equations (PDEs) in fluid dynamics and the (iterative) numerical methods for dealing with the resulting large linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-15 M. Dumbser , F. Fambri , I. Furci , M. Mazza , M. Tavelli , S. Serra-Capizzano

This paper deals with the optimization of Bolza problem with a system of convex and nonconvex, discrete and differential state variable inequality constraints of second order by deriving necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-17 Elimhan N. Mahmudov , S. Demir Saglam

Accurate calculation of the motion of a compact object in a background spacetime induced by a supermassive black hole is required for the future detection of such binary systems by the gravitational-wave detector LISA. Reaching the desired…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Eran Rosenthal

A new two dimensional non-perturbative code to compute accurate oscillation modes of rapidly rotating stars is presented. The 2D calculations fully take into account the centrifugal distorsion of the star while the non perturbative method…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-14 R-M. Ouazzani , I. W. Roxburgh , M-A Dupret