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A nonlinear two-dimensional system is studied by making use of both the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formalisms. The present model is obtained as a two-dimensional version of a one-dimensional oscillator previously studied at the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 José F. Cariñena , Manuel F. Rañada , Mariano Santander , Murugaian Senthilvelan

We consider a two-component linearly-coupled system with the intrinsic cubic nonlinearity and the harmonic-oscillator (HO) confining potential. The system models binary settings in BEC and optics. In the symmetric system, with the HO trap…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-02-23 Nir Hacker , Boris A. Malomed

Dynamical systems theory has long provided a foundation for understanding evolving phenomena across scientific domains. Yet, the application of this theory to complex real-world systems remains challenging due to issues in mathematical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Samuel A. Moore , Brian P. Mann , Boyuan Chen

The universal symmetry, or conservation, of complexity underlies any law or principle of system dynamics and describes the unceasing transformation of dynamic information into dynamic entropy as the unique way to conserve their sum, the…

General Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 Andrei P. Kirilyuk

If a contact of two purely elastic bodies with no sliding (infinite coefficient of friction) is subjected to superimposed oscillations in the normal and tangential directions, then a specific damping appears, that is not dependent on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-12-29 M. Popov , V. L. Popov , R. Pohrt

Real applications in structural mechanics, where the dynamic behavior is linear, are rare. Usually, structures are made of components assembled together by means of joints whose behavior maybe highly nonlinear. Depending on the amount of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Stefano Zucca , Christian M. Firrone

Understanding the contact dynamics of nonspherical particles beyond the microscale is crucial for accurately modeling colloidal and granular systems, where shape anisotropy dictates structural organization and transport properties. In this…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-06 Haoyuan Shi , Christopher J. Mundy , Gregory K. Schenter , Jaehun Chun

We examine "dynamical similarities" in the Lagrangian framework. These are symmetries of an intrinsically determined physical system under which observables remain unaffected, but the extraneous information is changed. We establish three…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-04 David Sloan

This paper deals with a hyperbolic system of two nonlinear conservation laws, where the phase space contains two contact manifolds. The governing equations are modelling bidisperse suspensions, which consist of two types of small particles…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-01-27 Stefan Berres , Pablo Castañeda

Generally, natural scientific problems are so complicated that one has to establish some effective perturbation or nonperturbation theories with respect to some associated ideal models. In this Letter, a new theory that combines…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Yuan Gao , S. Y. Lou

We classify symmetry-protected and symmetry-breaking dynamical solutions for nonlinear saturable bosonic systems that display a non-hermitian charge-conjugation symmetry, as realized in a series of recent groundbreaking experiments with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-20 Simon Malzard , Emiliano Cancellieri , Henning Schomerus

We study a scalar harmonic network with pair interactions and a binary collision rule, exchanging the momenta of a randomly-chosen couple of sites. We consider the case of the isolated network where the total energy is conserved. In the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-15 Stefano Lepri

Optomechanical systems attract a lot of attention because they provide a novel platform for quantum measurements, transduction, hybrid systems, and fundamental studies of quantum physics. Their classical nonlinear dynamics is surprisingly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Thales Figueiredo Roque , Florian Marquardt , Oleg M. Yevtushenko

In this work, we investigate the dynamics of an inhomogeneous coupled nonlinear Schrodinger system with quadratic-type interactions. Such systems arise naturally in nonlinear dynamics and mathematical physics, particularly in nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Mykael Cardoso , Lázaro Gil

The collective response of a system is profoundly shaped by the interaction dynamics between its constituent elements. In physics, tailoring these interactions can enable the observation of unusual phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible…

For substitutional alloys, typically refered to as classical discrete systems under constant composition, we theoretically examine the role of hidden structure information on evolution of nonlinearity (i.e., correspondence between a set of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-25 Koretaka Yuge

We illustrate that a Hermitian nonlinear optical system consisting of hybridized parametric amplification and second harmonic generation mimics non-Hermitian evolution dynamics. Oscillation damping, evolution to a static steady state, and…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-05 Noah Flemens , Nicolas Swenson , Jeffrey Moses

Singular theories, characterised by the presence of degeneracies in their Lagrangian or Hamiltonian descriptions, require the systematic implementation of constraints in order to obtain well-defined dynamics. While the symplectic framework…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Callum Bell , David Sloan

In this paper, we extend the well-known Noether theorem for Lagrangian systems to contact Lagrangian systems. We introduce a classification of infinitesimal symmetries and obtain the corresponding dissipated quantities. We notice that in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz Valcázar

The wave equation with energy critical sources and nonlinear damping defined on a 3D bounded domain is considered. It is shown that the resulting dynamical system admits a global attractor. Under the additional assumption of strong…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Irena Lasiecka , Vando Narciso