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We consider the statistical mechanics of a general relativistic one-dimensional self-gravitating system. The system consists of $N$-particles coupled to lineal gravity and can be considered as a model of $N$ relativistically interacting…

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The Eulerian variational formulation is presented to obtain governing equations of the electromagnetic turbulent gyrokinetic system. A local momentum balance in the system is derived from the invariance of the Lagrangian of the system under…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-04-09 H. Sugama

We give a geometric description of variational principles in mechanics, with special attention to constrained systems. For the general case of nonholonomic constraints, a unified variational approach is given, and the equations of motion of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xavier Gracia , Jesus Marin-Solano , Miguel-C. Munoz-Lecanda

Physical systems with symmetry arise abundantly in applications, and are endowed with interesting mathematical structures. The present paper focusses on linear reciprocal and input-output Hamiltonian systems. Their characterization is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Arjan van der Schaft , Rodolphe Sepulchre , Tom Chaffey

We develop a Poisson Hamiltonian formulation of Pontryagin dynamics for optimal control of mechanical systems on Lie groupoids. The reduced dynamics is formulated intrinsically on the dual Lie algebroid endowed with its canonical linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Ghorbanali Haghighatdoost

Self-gravitating system are non-equilibrium a priory. A new approach is proposed, which employs a non-equilibrium statistical operator into account inhomogeneous distribution of particles and temperature. The method involves the saddle -…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-04-12 B. I. Lev

This thesis is dedictaed to the study of fluctuation and correlation observables of hadronic equilibrium systems. The statistical hadronization model of high energy physics, in its ideal, i.e. non-interacting, gas approximation will be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-08-13 Michael Hauer

Application of the time-dependent variational principle to a linear combination of frozen-width Gaussians describing the nuclear wavefunction provides a formalism where the total energy is conserved. The computational downside of this…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Mina Asaad , Loïc Joubert-Doriol , Artur F. Izmaylov

Time-irreversible stochastic processes are frequently used in natural sciences to explain non-equilibrium phenomena and to design efficient stochastic algorithms. Our main goal in this thesis is to analyse their dynamics by means of large…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-09-21 Mikola C. Schlottke

The variational method is very important in mathematical and theoretical physics because it allows us to describe the natural systems by physical quantities independently from the frame of reference used. A global and statistical approach…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-01-10 Umberto Lucia

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

Any given system of ordinary differential equations in $n$-dimensional configuration space can be obtained from a peculiar variational problem with one local symmetry. The obtained action functional leads to the Hamiltonian formulation in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Alexei A. Deriglazov

Using information theory we derive a thermodynamics for systems evolving under a collective motion, i.e. under a time-odd constraint. An illustration within the Lattice gas Model is given for two model cases: a collision between two complex…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 F. Gulminelli , PH. Chomaz

In this paper we consider an intrinsic point of view to describe the equations of motion for higher-order variational problems with constraints on higher-order trivial principal bundles. Our techniques are an adaptation of the classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-05-20 Leonardo Colombo , Pedro D. Prieto-Martínez

This paper studies homogenization of stochastic differential systems. The standard example of this phenomenon is the small mass limit of Hamiltonian systems. We consider this case first from the heuristic point of view, stressing the role…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-16 Jeremiah Birrell , Jan Wehr

A new stochastic control problem of population dynamics under partial observation is formulated and analyzed both mathematically and numerically, with an emphasis on environmental and ecological problems. The decision-maker can only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-13 Hidekazu Yoshioka , Yuta Yaegashi , Motoh Tsujimura

Previous work in the literature has studied the Hamiltonian structure of an R-squared model of gravity with torsion in a closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe. Within the framework of Dirac's theory, torsion is found to lead to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Giampiero Esposito , Gabriele Gionti , Giuseppe Marmo , Cosimo Stornaiolo

Regularization plays a key role in a variety of optimization formulations of inverse problems. A recurring theme in regularization approaches is the selection of regularization parameters, and their effect on the solution and on the optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-23 Aleksandr Y. Aravkin , James V. Burke , Michael P. Friedlander

Reversible reaction-diffusion systems display anomalous dynamics characterized by a power-law relaxation toward stationarity. In this paper we study in the aging regime the nonequilibrium dynamical properties of some model systems with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vlad Elgart , Michel Pleimling

A description of how the principle of stationary action reproduces itself in terms of the intrinsic geometry of variational equations is proposed. A notion of stationary points of an internal Lagrangian is introduced. A connection between…

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