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Noether's theorem, which connects continuous symmetries to exact conservation laws, remains one of the most fundamental principles in physics and dynamical systems. In this work, we draw a conceptual parallel between two paradigms: the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-24 Tim Zolkin , Sergei Nagaitsev , Ivan Morozov , Sergei Kladov

This paper expounds the modern theory of symplectic reduction in finite-dimensional Hamiltonian mechanics. This theory generalizes the well-known connection between continuous symmetries and conserved quantities, i.e. Noether's theorem. It…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeremy Butterfield

This paper analyzes the properties of the solutions of the generalized continuous algebraic Riccati equation from a geometric perspective. This analysis reveals the presence of a subspace that may provide an appropriate degree of freedom to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-20 Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis , Augusto Ferrante

We prove a general representation stability result for polynomial coefficient systems which lets us prove representation stability and secondary homological stability for many families of groups with polynomial coefficients. This gives two…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Jeremy Miller , Peter Patzt , Dan Petersen

The unreduced, universally nonperturbative analysis of arbitrary interaction process, described by a quite general equation, provides the truly complete, "dynamically multivalued" general solution that leads to dynamically derived,…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei P. Kirilyuk

We introduce non-smooth symplectic forms on manifolds and describe corresponding Poisson structures on the algebra of Colombeau generalized functions. This is achieved by establishing an extension of the classical map of smooth functions to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-15 Guenther Hoermann , Sanja Konjik , Michael Kunzinger

%!TEX root = LCSS_main_max.tex The widespread adoption of nonlinear Receding Horizon Control (RHC) strategies by industry has led to more than 30 years of intense research efforts to provide stability guarantees for these methods. However,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-29 Tyler Westenbroek , Max Simchowitz , Michael I. Jordan , S. Shankar Sastry

We provide topological obstructions to the existence of orbit cylinders of symmetric orbits, for mechanical systems preserved by antisymplectic involutions (e.g. the restricted three-body problem). Such cylinders induce continuous paths…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-02 Urs Frauenfelder , Agustin Moreno

Minkowski space is shown to be globally stable as a solution to the massive Einstein--Vlasov system. The proof is based on a harmonic gauge in which the equations reduce to a system of quasilinear wave equations for the metric, satisfying…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-07 Hans Lindblad , Martin Taylor

Despite extensive experimental evidence of turbulence in Hagen Poiseuille flow, linear stability analysis has not yet confirmed its instability. One challenge is the singularity introduced by the term 1/r in the center of the pipe, which…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-30 Akash Unnikrishnan , Vinod Narayanan

The existence of elliptic periodic solutions of a perturbed Kepler problem is proved. The equations are in the plane and the perturbation depends periodically on time. The proof is based on a local description of the symplectic group in two…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-24 Alberto Boscaggin , Rafael Ortega

We give another proof, using tools from Geometric Invariant Theory, of a result due to S. Sam and A. Snowden in 2014, concerning the stability of Kro-necker coefficients. This result states that some sequences of Kronecker coefficients…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-16 Maxime Pelletier

The global steady state of a system in thermal equilibrium exponentially favors configurations with lesser energy. This principle is a powerful explanation of self-organization because energy is a local property of a configuration. For…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Jacob Calvert , Dana Randall

We define the empiric stochastic stability of an invariant measure in the finite-time scenario, the classical definition of stochastic stability. We prove that an invariant measure of a continuous system is empirically stochastically stable…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-03-01 Eleonora Catsigeras

This article studies the N-vortex problem in the plane with positive vorticities. After an investigation of some properties for normalised relative equilibria of the system, we use symplectic capacity theory to show that, there exist…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Qun Wang

This work proposes a notion of robust reachability of one set from another set under constant control. This notion is used to construct a control strategy, involving sequential set-to-set reachability, which guarantees robust global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-11-21 Iasson Karafyllis , Costas Kravaris

This document proves global boundedness and decay for axisymmetric perturbations of a known solution to the wave map problem from a slowly rotating $|a|\ll M$ Kerr spacetime to the hyperbolic plane. This problem is motivated by the general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-14 John Stogin

We present a new approach for constructing covariant symplectic structures for geometrical theories, based on the concept of adjoint operators. Such geometric structures emerge by direct exterior derivation of underlying symplectic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 R. Cartas-Fuentevilla

We investigate the relevance of the conformal method by investigating stability issues for the Einstein-Lichnerowicz conformal constraint system in a nonlinear scalar-field setting. We prove the stability of the system with respect to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Bruno Premoselli

In this paper we provide a complete characterisation of coisotropic embeddings of precosymplectic manifolds into cosymplectic manifolds. This result extends a theorem of Gotay about coisotropic embeddings of presymplectic manifolds. We also…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Manuel de León , Pablo Soto Martín