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We establish a link between the study of completely integrable systems of partial differential equations and the study of generic submanifolds in C^n. Using the recent developments of Cauchy-Riemann geometry we provide the set of symmetries…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hervé Gaussier , Joël Merker

We develop in this paper a new framework for discrete calculus of variations when the actions have densities involving an arbitrary discretization operator. We deduce the discrete Euler-Lagrange equations for piecewise continuous critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-28 Philippe Ryckelynck , Laurent Smoch

The article introduces a method to learn dynamical systems that are governed by Euler--Lagrange equations from data. The method is based on Gaussian process regression and identifies continuous or discrete Lagrangians and is, therefore,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Christian Offen

Discretizations of the Bogoyavlensky lattices are introduced, belonging to the same hierarchies as the continuous--time systems. The construction exemplifies the general scheme for integrable discretization of systems on Lie algebras with…

solv-int · Physics 2009-10-28 Yu. B. Suris

Discretizing variational principles, as opposed to discretizing differential equations, leads to discrete-time analogues of mechanics, and, systematically, to geometric numerical integrators. The phase space of such variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Charles Cuell , George W. Patrick

We consider the calculation of Euler--Lagrange systems of ordinary difference equations, including the difference Noether's Theorem, in the light of the recently-developed calculus of difference invariants and discrete moving frames. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-01 E. L. Mansfield , A. Rojo-Echeburua , L. Peng , P. E. Hydon

The anelastic and pseudo-incompressible equations are two well-known soundproof approximations of compressible flows useful for both theoretical and numerical analysis in meteorology, atmospheric science, and ocean studies. In this paper,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Werner Bauer , François Gay-Balmaz

Several aspects of the connection between conserved integrals (invariants) and symmetries are illustrated within a hybrid Lagrangian-Hamiltonian framework for dynamical systems. Three examples are considered: a nonlinear oscillator with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Stephen C. Anco

The purpose of this paper is describe Lagrangian Mechanics for constrained systems on Lie algebroids, a natural framework which covers a wide range of situations (systems on Lie groups, quotients by the action of a Lie group, standard…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-07 D. Iglesias , J. C. Marrero , D. Martin de Diego , D. Sosa

By a semi-Lagrangian change of coordinates, the hydrostatic Euler equations describing free-surface sheared flows is rewritten as a system of quasilinear equations, where stability conditions can be determined by the analysis of its…

In this paper we investigate a variational discretization for the class of mechanical systems in presence of symmetries described by the action of a Lie group which reduces the phase space to a (non-trivial) principal bundle. By introducing…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo , Fernando Jiménez

We describe a variational framework for non-commuting flows, extending the theories of Lagrangian multiforms and pluri-Lagrangian systems, which have gained prominence in recent years as a variational description of integrable systems in…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-04-25 Vincent Caudrelier , Frank Nijhoff , Duncan Sleigh , Mats Vermeeren

We study the semi-discrete approximation of Aubry and Mather sets for Tonelli Lagrangians on the flat torus. Starting from the discrete Lax--Oleinik equation, we introduce natural discrete analogues of these sets and analyze their…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Fabio Camilli , Cristian Mendico

We extend the method of controlled Lagrangians with kinetic shaping to those mechanical systems on semidirect product Lie groups with broken symmetry, more specifically to the Euler--Poincar\'e equations with advected parameters. We find a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-24 César Contreras , Tomoki Ohsawa

The generators and commutation relations are calculated explicitly for higher symmetry algebras of a class of hyperbolic Euler-Lagrange systems of Liouville type (in particular, for 2D Toda chains associated with semi-simple complex Lie…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2010-03-16 Arthemy V. Kiselev , Johan W. van de Leur

This paper presents the continuous and discrete variational formulations of simple thermodynamical systems whose configuration space is a (finite dimensional) Lie group. We follow the variational approach to nonequilibrium thermodynamics…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Benjamin Couéraud , François Gay-Balmaz

In this paper, we characterize all discrete-time systems in quasi-standard form admitting coalgebra symmetry with respect to the Lie--Poisson algebra $\mathfrak{h}_{6}$. The outcome of this study is a family of systems depending on an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Pavel Drozdov , Giorgio Gubbiotti

We prove necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for generalized problems of the calculus of variations on time scales with a Lagrangian depending not only on the independent variable, an unknown function and its delta…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper, we introduce local expressions for discrete Mechanics. To apply our results simultaneously to several interesting cases, we derive these local expressions in the framework of Lie groupoids, following the program proposed by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-03-19 Juan Carlos Marrero , David Martín de Diego , Eduardo Martínez

In this paper, we discuss several concepts of the modern theory of discrete integrable systems, including: - Time discretization based on the notion of B\"acklund transformation; - Symplectic realizations of multi-Hamiltonian structures; -…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 Yuri B. Suris