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Symplectic integrators for index one constraints

Numerical Analysis 2014-02-28 v2

Abstract

We show that symplectic Runge-Kutta methods provide effective symplectic integrators for Hamiltonian systems with index one constraints. These include the Hamiltonian description of variational problems subject to position and velocity constraints nondegenerate in the velocities, such as those arising in sub-Riemannian geometry and control theory.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4250,
  title  = {Symplectic integrators for index one constraints},
  author = {Robert I McLachlan and Klas Modin and Olivier Verdier and Matt Wilkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4250},
  year   = {2014}
}

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13 pages, accepted in SIAM J Sci Comput

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