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Nonlinear elliptic problems arise in many fields, including plasma physics, astrophysics, and optimal transport. In this article, we propose a novel operator-splitting/finite element method for solving such problems. We begin by introducing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-12 Jingyu Yang , Shingyu Leung , Jianliang Qian , Hao Liu

In a previous work, we developed the idea to solve Kepler's equation with a CORDIC-like algorithm, which does not require any division, but still multiplications in each iteration. Here we overcome this major shortcoming and solve Kepler's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Mathias Zechmeister

The existence of elliptic periodic solutions of a perturbed Kepler problem is proved. The equations are in the plane and the perturbation depends periodically on time. The proof is based on a local description of the symplectic group in two…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-24 Alberto Boscaggin , Rafael Ortega

We use the Melnikov integral method to prove that the Hamiltonian flow on the zero-energy manifold for the Kepler problem perturbed by a quadrupole moment is chaotic, irrespective of the perturbation being of prolate or oblate type. This…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-04-03 Gabriela Depetri , Alberto Saa

We consider the numerical integration of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a potential trap given by a time-dependent harmonic potential or a small perturbation thereof. Splitting methods are frequently used with Fourier techniques since…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Philipp Bader , Sergio Blanes

This overview is devoted to splitting methods, a class of numerical integrators intended for differential equations that can be subdivided into different problems easier to solve than the original system. Closely connected with this class…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Ander Murua

It is common in classical mechanics to encounter systems whose Hamiltonian $H$ is the sum of an often exactly integrable Hamiltonian $H_0$ and a small perturbation $\epsilon H_1$ with $\epsilon\ll1$. Such near-integrability can be exploited…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Hanno Rein

We present a new symplectic integrator designed for collisional gravitational $N$-body problems which makes use of Kepler solvers. The integrator is also reversible and conserves 9 integrals of motion of the $N$-body problem to machine…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-03 David M. Hernandez , Edmund Bertschinger

We investigate the Kepler problem using a symplectic structure consistent with the commutation rules of the noncommutative quantum mechanics. We show that a noncommutative parameter of the order of $10^{-58} \text m^2$ gives observable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Juan M. Romero , J. David Vergara

In view of the existing limitations of sequential computing, parallelization has emerged as an alternative in order to improve the speedup of numerical simulations. In the framework of evolutionary problems, space-time parallel methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Andrés Arrarás , Francisco J. Gaspar , Iñigo Jimenez-Ciga , Laura Portero

In the Schrodinger picture of the Dirac quantum mechanics, defined in charts with spatially flat Robertson-Walker metrics and Cartesian coordinates the perturbation theory is applied to the interacting part of the Hamiltonian operator…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-11-28 Pop Adrian Alin

The interval approach to computation of dynamics of celestial bodies in the planetary problem has been considered. It is based on the refusal from idealization of infinitely high resolving capacity of measuring tools, and forms an…

Space Physics · Physics 2010-02-17 Valeriy V. Petrov

A fundamental relation in celestial mechanics is Kepler's equation, linking an orbit's mean anomaly to its eccentric anomaly and eccentricity. Being transcendental, the equation cannot be directly solved for eccentric anomaly by…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Oliver H. E. Philcox , Jeremy Goodman , Zachary Slepian

We introduce a novel numerical method to integrate partial differential equations representing the Hamiltonian dynamics of field theories. It is a multi-symplectic integrator that locally conserves the stress-energy tensor with an excellent…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-23 Hugo Ricateau , Leticia F. Cugliandolo

The explicit split-operator algorithm is often used for solving the linear and nonlinear time-dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equations. However, when applied to certain nonlinear time-dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equations, this algorithm loses…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-09-26 Julien Roulet , Jiří Vaníček

In this paper we show, in a systematic way, how to relate the Kepler problem to the isotropic harmonic oscillator. Unlike previous approaches, our constructions are carried over in the Lagrangian formalism dealing with second order vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antonella D'Avanzo , Giuseppe Marmo

To solve the spinor-spinor Bethe-Salpeter equation in Euclidean space we propose a novel method related to the use of hyperspherical harmonics. We suggest an appropriate extension to form a new basis of spin-angular harmonics that is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-12-25 S. M. Dorkin , M. Beyer , S. S. Semikh , L. P. Kaptari

We present a class of symplectic integrators adapted for the integration of perturbed Hamiltonian systems of the form $H=A+\epsilon B$. We give a constructive proof that for all integer $p$, there exists an integrator with positive steps…

Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 J. Laskar , P. Robutel

Splitting methods have emerged as powerful tools to address complex problems by decomposing them into smaller solvable components. In this work, we develop a general approach to forward-backward splitting methods for solving monotone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Minh N. Dao , Matthew K. Tam , Thang D. Truong

There is a growing interest in the conservation of invariants when numerically solving a system of ordinary differential equations. Methods that exactly preserve these quantities in time are known as geometric integrators. In this paper we…

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