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The Principle of Least Action is used with a simple Lagrangian density, involving second-order derivatives of the wave function, to obtain the Schroedinger equation. A Hamiltonian density obtained from this simple Lagrangian density shows…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-12-12 Donald H. Kobe

We review some techniques from non-linear analysis in order to investigate critical paths for the action functional in the calculus of variations applied to physics. Previous attempts to analyse when these are minima ex- ist, but mainly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-22 E. López , A. Molgado , J. A. Vallejo

This work focuses on topics related to Hamiltonian stochastic differential equations with L\'{e}vy noise. We first show that the phase flow of the stochastic system preserves symplectic structure, and propose a stochastic version of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Pingyuan Wei , Ying Chao , Jinqiao Duan

A new form of governing equations is derived from Hamilton's principle of least action for a constrained Lagrangian, depending on conserved quantities and their derivatives with respect to the time-space. This form yields conservation laws…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-01-16 Sergey Gavrilyuk , Henri Gouin

The Hamilton action principle, also known as the principle of least action, and Lagrange equations are an integral part of advanced undergraduate mechanics. At present, substantial efforts are ongoing to suitably incorporate the action…

Classical Physics · Physics 2010-12-02 Yogesh N. Joglekar , Weng Kian Tham

The asymptotic behaviour of the work probability distribution in driven non-equilibrium systems is determined using the method of optimal fluctuations. For systems described by Langevin dynamics the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. Engel

A series of stationary principles are developed for dynamical systems by formulating the concept of mixed convolved action, which is written in terms of mixed variables, using temporal convolutions and fractional derivatives. Dynamical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Gary F. Dargush , Jinkyu Kim

We derive Euler-Lagrange type equations for fractional action-like integrals of the calculus of variations which depend on the Riemann-Liouville derivatives of order $(\alpha,\beta)$, $\alpha > 0$, $\beta > 0$, recently introduced by J.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-12-30 Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi , Delfim F. M. Torres

We present the variational action principle for initial value problems in classical, conservative-force point particle mechanics. We rigorously derive this formulation by taking the classical limit of the Schwinger-Keldysh expression for…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 W. A. Horowitz , A. Rothkopf

Hamilton's principle of stationary action lies at the foundation of theoretical physics and is applied in many other disciplines from pure mathematics to economics. Despite its utility, Hamilton's principle has a subtle pitfall that often…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Chad R. Galley

An overview is given of recent advances in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics on the basis of the theory of Hamiltonian dynamical systems and in the perspective provided by the nanosciences. It is shown how the properties of relaxation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-15 Pierre Gaspard

The equilibrium state of a system consisting of a large number of strongly interacting electrons can be characterized by its density operator. This gives a direct access to the ground-state energy or, at finite temperatures, to the free…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-02-23 Michael Potthoff

We study counting statistics of number of transitions in a stochastic process. For mesoscopic systems, a path integral formulation for the counting statistics has already been derived. We here show that it is also possible to derive the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-21 Jun Ohkubo

An extension of non-deterministic processes driven by the random telegraph signal is introduced in the framework of "piecewise deterministic Markov processes" [Davis], including a broader category of random systems. The corresponding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Mario Annunziato

By examining both the divergence of the velocity vector in orthogonal Cartesian coordinate space $\mathbf{\Gamma} $ of dimension $\R^{\textrm {2fN}}$ and the structure of the Hamiltonian determining a system trajectory, it is shown that the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christopher G. Jesudason

We consider the problem of constructing an action functional for physical systems whose classical equations of motion cannot be directly identified with Euler-Lagrange equations for an action principle. Two ways of action principle…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-07-06 D. M. Gitman , V. G. Kupriyanov

Inferring the laws of interaction between particles and agents in complex dynamical systems from observational data is a fundamental challenge in a wide variety of disciplines. We propose a non-parametric statistical learning approach to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Fei Lu , Mauro Maggioni , Sui Tang , Ming Zhong

The Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) is a powerful technique which allows to derive approximate solutions of both ordinary and partial differential equations. We propose to use a variational approach based on the Least Action Principle (LAP)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 Gervais Nazaire Chendjou Beukam , Jean Pierre Nguenang , Stefano Ruffo , Andrea Trombettoni

A generalized canonical form of action of dynamic theories with higher derivatives is proposed, which does not require the introduction of additional dynamic variables. This form is the initial point for the construction of quantum theory,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Natalia Gorobey , Alexander Lukyanenko , A. V. Goltsev

The restriction of hydrodynamics to non-viscous, potential (gradient, irrotational) flows is a theory both simple and elegant; a favorite topic of introductory textbooks. It is known that this theory can be formulated as an action principle…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Christian Frønsdal