Variational and geometric structures of discrete Dirac mechanics

M Leok, T Ohsawa - Foundations of computational mathematics, 2011 - Springer
In this paper, we develop the theoretical foundations of discrete Dirac mechanics, that is,
discrete mechanics of degenerate Lagrangian/Hamiltonian systems with constraints. We first …

Discrete routh reduction

SM Jalnapurkar, M Leok, JE Marsden… - Journal of Physics A …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper develops the theory of Abelian Routh reduction for discrete mechanical systems
and applies it to the variational integration of mechanical systems with Abelian symmetry …

The exact computation of the free rigid body motion and its use in splitting methods

E Celledoni, F Fassò, N Säfström, A Zanna - SIAM Journal on Scientific …, 2008 - SIAM
This article investigates the use of the computation of the exact free rigid body motion as a
component of splitting methods for rigid bodies subject to external forces. We review various …

Dynamics, numerical analysis, and some geometry

L Gauckler, E Hairer, C Lubich - Proceedings of the International …, 2018 - World Scientific
Geometric aspects play an important role in the construction and analysis of structure-
preserving numerical methods for a wide variety of ordinary and partial differential …

A variational splitting integrator for quantum molecular dynamics

C Lubich - Applied numerical mathematics, 2004 - Elsevier
A numerical time integration method for the nonlinear partial differential equations of the
multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) approach to quantum molecular …

A Hamiltonian and multi-Hamiltonian formulation of a rod model using quaternions

E Celledoni, N Säfström - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The geometrically exact model of an elastic rod, formulated in Simo (1985) in [23] the Simo-
Reissner rod model has been proposed and investigated. We present a constrained …

Levy flights in the Landau-Teller model of molecular collisions

A Carati, L Galgani, B Pozzi - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
We consider the Landau-Teller model, which is a prototype for the exchanges of energy, in
molecular collisions, between internal degrees of freedom and those of the center of mass …

Preserving Poisson structure and orthogonality in numerical integration of differential equations

LO Jay - Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2004 - Elsevier
We consider the numerical integration of two types of systems of differential equations. We
first consider Hamiltonian systems of differential equations with a Poisson structure. We …

Line integral solution of Hamiltonian systems with holonomic constraints

L Brugnano, G Gurioli, F Iavernaro… - Applied Numerical …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a second order energy-conserving approximation procedure for
Hamiltonian systems with holonomic constraints. The derivation of the procedure relies on …

Efficient time-symmetric simulation of torqued rigid bodies using Jacobi elliptic functions

E Celledoni, N Säfström - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
If the three moments of inertia are distinct, the solution to the Euler equations for the free
rigid body is given in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions. Using the arithmetic–geometric mean …