English
Related papers

Related papers: Covariant Time Derivatives for Dynamical Systems

200 papers

The relativistic Lagrangian in presence of potentials was formulated directly from the metric, with the classical Lagrangian shown embedded within it. Using it we formulated covariant equations of motion, a deformed Euler-Lagrange equation,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 Sumanto Chanda , Partha Guha

The concept of weak invariant is introduced. Then, the weak invariants associated with time-dependent quantum dissipative systems are discussed in the context of master equations of the Lindblad type. In particular, with the help of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Sumiyoshi Abe

In the covariant canonical approach to classical physics, each point in phase space represents an entire classical trajectory. Initial data at a fixed time serve as coordinates for this ``timeless'' phase space, and time evolution can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-25 S. Carlip , Weixuan Hu

An expression for the curvature of the "covariant" determinant line bundle is given in even dimensional space-time. The usefulness is guaranteed by its prediction of the covariant anomaly and Schwinger term. It allows a parallel derivation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 C. Ekstrand

We derive a general expression for the streaming term in radiative transport equa- tions and other transport problems when formulated in curvilinear coordinates, emphasizing coordinate systems adapted to the geometry of the domain and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Johannes Krotz , Ryan G. McClarren

For Dirac equation, operator-invariants containing explicit time-dependence in parallel to known time-dependent invariants of nonrelativistic Schr\"odinger equation are introduced and discussed. As an example, a free Dirac particle is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. I. Man'ko , R. V. Mendes

In this paper, we use four-dimensional quaternionic algebra to describing space-time field equations in curvature form. The transformation relations of a quaternionic variable are established with the help of basis transformations of…

General Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 B. C. Chanyal

The BSSN and standard gauge equations are written in covariant form with respect to spatial coordinate transformations. The BSSN variables are defined as tensors with no density weights. This allows us to evolve a given set of initial data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-30 J. David Brown

We propose a unified four-dimensional (4D) spatiotemporal formulation for time-dependent convection-diffusion problems that preserves underlying physical structures. By treating time as an additional space-like coordinate, the evolution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-01 James H. Adler , Xiaozhe Hu , Seulip Lee

A consistent classical mechanics formulation is presented in such a way that, under quantization, it gives a noncommutative quantum theory with interesting new features. The Dirac formalism for constrained Hamiltonian systems is strongly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-06-12 Ricardo Amorim

In motion Kinematics, it is well-known that the time derivative of a 3x3rotation matrix equals a skew-symmetric matrix multiplied by the rotation matrix where the skew symmetric matrix is a linear (matrix valued) function of the angular…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-11-26 Fumio Hamano

Employing a phase space which includes the (Riemann-Liouville) fractional derivative of curves evolving on real space, we develop a restricted variational principle for Lagrangian systems yielding the so-called restricted fractional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

There exist instances of dynamical systems possessing symmetry transformations of which the conserved Noether charges generating these symmetries feature an explicit time dependence in their functional representation over phase space. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-02 Jan Govaerts

An alternative method is proposed for deriving the time dependent Schroedinger equation from the pictures of wave and matrix mechanics. The derivation is of a mixed classical quantum character, since time is treated as a classical variable,…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Luca Nanni

We formulate a covariant version of Maxwell-like fracton electrodynamics in six dimensions using a symmetric tensor gauge field with scalar gauge symmetry $\delta A_{\mu\nu}=\partial_\mu\partial_\nu\Lambda$. This provides a relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-20 Nicola Maggiore

Canonical vacuum gravity is expressed in generally-covariant form in order that spacetime diffeomorphisms be represented within its equal-time phase space. In accordance with the principle of general covariance, the time mapping ${\T}:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-20 Ioannis Kouletsis

This paper deals with the concept of curvature of framed space curves, their higher-order derivatives, variations, and co-rotational derivatives. We realize that parametrizing rotation tensor using the Gibbs vector is effective in deriving…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-07 Mayank Chadha , Michael D. Todd

The invariant projections of the energy-momentum tensors of Lagrangian densities for tensor fields over differentiable manifolds with contravariant and covariant affine connections and metrics [$(\bar{L}_n,g)$-spaces] are found by the use…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Sawa Manoff , Rumyan Lazov

It is well known that the time dependent harmonic oscillator possesses a conserved quantity, usually called Ermakov-Lewis invariant. I provide a simple physical interpretation of this invariant as well as a whole family of related…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 T. Padmanabhan

It is shown that conventional "covariant" derivative of the Levi-Civita tensor is not really covariant. Adding compensative terms, it is possible to make it covariant and to be equal to zero. Then one can be introduced a curvature in the…

General Physics · Physics 2009-06-04 A. L. Koshkarov