Birkhoffian symplectic algorithms derived from Hamiltonian symplectic algorithms

In this paper, we focus on the construction of structure preserving algorithms for Birkhoffian systems, based on existing symplectic schemes for the Hamiltonian equations. The key of the method is to seek an invertible transformation which drives the Birkhoffian equations reduce to the Hamiltonian equations. When there exists such a transformation,applying the corresponding inverse map to symplectic discretization of the Hamiltonian equations, then resulting difference schemes are verified to be Birkhoffian symplectic for the original Birkhoffian equations. To illustrate the operation process of the method, we construct several desirable algorithms for the linear damped oscillator and the single pendulum with linear dissipation respectively. All of them exhibit excellent numerical behavior, especially in preserving conserved quantities.     

Affine connection structure of the charged symplectic 2-form

It is shown that the charged symplectic form in Hamiltonian dynamics of classical charged particles in electromagnetic fields defines a generalized affine connection on an affine frame bundle associated with spacetime. Conversely, a generalized affine connection can be used to construct a symplectic 2-form if the associated linear connection is torsion-free and the antisymmetric part of theR ^4* translational connection is locally derivable from a potential. Hamiltonian dynamics for classical charged particles in combined gravitational and electromagnetic fields can therefore be reformulated as aP(4)=O(1, 3)R ^4* geometric theory with phase space the affine cotangent bundleAT ^* M of spacetime. The sourcefree Maxwell equations are reformulated as a pair of geometrical conditions on the ^4* curvature that are exactly analogous to the source-free Einstein equations.     

Spacetime symplectic extension

It is conjectured that in the origin of spacetime there lies a symplectic rather than metric structure. The complex symplectic symmetry Sp(2l, C), l≥1 instead of the pseudoorthogonal one SO(1, d?1), d≥4 is proposed as the spacetime local structure group. A discrete sequence of the metric spacetimes of the fixed dimensionalities d=(2l)² and signatures, with l(2l?1) timelike and l(2l+1) spacelike directions, defined over the set of Hermitian second-rank spin tensors, is considered as an alternative to the pseudo-Euclidean extra dimensional spacetimes. The basic concepts of the symplectic framework are developed in general, and the ordinary and next-to-ordinary spacetime cases with l=1, 2, respectively, are elaborated in more detail. In particular, the scheme provides the rationale for the four-dimensionality and 1+3 signature of the ordinary spacetime.     

Flat pencils of symplectic connections and Hamiltonian operators of degree 2

Bi-Hamiltonian structures involving Hamiltonian operators of degree 2 are studied. Firstly, pairs of degree 2 operators are considered in terms of an algebra structure on the space of 1-forms, related to so-called Fermionic Novikov algebras. Then, degree 2 operators are considered as deformations of hydrodynamic type Poisson brackets.     

Extrinsic symplectic symmetric spaces

We define the notion of extrinsic symplectic symmetric spaces and exhibit some of their properties. We construct large families of examples and show how they fit in the perspective of a complete classification of these manifolds. We also build a natural ?$?$-quantization on a class of examples.     

Entangled symplectic wavelet transformation

The symplectic wavelet transformation proposed in Opt. Lett. 31, 3432 (2006), which is related to the optical Fresnel transform in the quantum optics version, is developed into an entangled symplectic wavelet transformation (ESWT) after pointing out the contrast between the single-mode Fresnel operator and the entangled Fresnel operator. The ESWT possesses well-behaved properties and corresponds to the entangled Fresnel transform [Phys. Lett. A334, 132 (2005)].     

Asymptotic freedom and the symplectic and G2 groups

It is shown that the symplectic Sp(4), Sp(6) and the exceptional G₂ gauge field theories with complete spontaneous symmetry breaking through the Higgs mechanism are not asymptotically free. This, together with earlier results for other groups, hints at the existence of a general theorem according to which it would no longer be possible for asymptotic freedom to coexist with the absence of infrared divergences.     

Boson representations of symplectic algebras

A reduction of the boson representation of the algebra of the noncompact groupSp(4k, R), k>0, to its subgroupSU(k) is realized. The reduction scheme has two main branches: one through the totally symmetric unitary representations of the maximal compact subalgebra u(2k); the other through the ladder representations of the noncompact subalgebrau(k, k). Both reductions are accomplished by means of the same set of Hermitian operators, but taken in different order. The case ofk=3, for the groupSp(12,R), used in the interacting vector boson model, is discussed in more detail.     

Quantum fields presentation and generating functions of symplectic Schur functions and symplectic universal characters

This paper is concerned with construction of quantum fields presentation and generating functions of symplectic Schur functions and symplectic universal characters. The boson-fermion correspondence for these symmetric functions have been presented. In virtue of quantum fields, we derive a series of infinite order nonlinear integrable equations, namely, universal character hierarchy, symplectic KP hierarchy and symplectic universal character hierarchy, respectively. In addition, the solutions of these integrable systems have been discussed.     

Optimized third-order force-gradient symplectic algorithms

With the natural splitting of a Hamiltonian system into kinetic energy and potential energy,we construct two new optimal thirdorder force-gradient symplectic algorithms in each of which the norm of fourth-order truncation errors is minimized.They are both not explicitly superior to their no-optimal counterparts in the numerical stability and the topology structure-preserving,but they are in the accuracy of energy on classical problems and in one of the energy eigenvalues for one-dimensional time-independent Schrdinger equations.In particular,they are much better than the optimal third-order non-gradient symplectic method.They also have an advantage over the fourth-order non-gradient symplectic integrator.     

Orthogonal and symplectic parabolic bundles

We investigate orthogonal and symplectic bundles with parabolic structure, over a curve.     

Associated symplectic and co-symplectic structures

A co-symplectic structure on the cotangent bundleT ^* X of an arbitrary manifoldX is defined, and the notion of associated symplectic and co-symplectic structures is introduced. By way of example, the two-dimensional case is considered in some detail. The general case is investigated, and some implications of these results for polarizations in geometric quantization are considered.     

Invariant star-products on symplectic manifolds

Let (M,F) be a symplectic manifold and consider a Lie subalgebra $\text{G}$ of its Lie algebra of symplectic vector fields. We prove that every one-differentiable deformation of order k of the Poisson Lie algebra of M, which is invariant with respect to $\text{G}$, extends to an invariant one-differentiable deformation of infinite order. If M admits a $\text{G}$-invariant linear connection, a similar result holds true for differentiable deformations and for star-products. In particular, if M admits a $\text{G}$- -invariant linear connection, there always exists a $\text{G}$-invariant star-product.     

Galilei-Newton law by symplectic realizations

We classify all the coadjoint orbits of the central extension of the one spatial dimensional Galilei group G. Taking them in support of the generic symplectic realizations of the Galilei group G, we give their possible physical interpretations and also find that mass and force have their origins in the cohomological theory of the Galilei group.This has been presented as a seminar in Trieste (ICTP) during the workshop on Lie groups and their representations (10–20 November 1986).     

On the Hamiltonian interpolation of near-to-the identity symplectic mappings with application to symplectic integration algorithms

We reconsider the problem of the Hamiltonian interpolation of symplectic mappings. Following Moser's scheme, we prove that for any mapping , analytic and -close to the identity, there exists an analytic autonomous Hamiltonian system, H such that its time-one mapping _H differs from by a quantity exponentially small in 1/. This result is applied, in particular, to the problem of numerical integration of Hamiltonian systems by symplectic algorithms; it turns out that, when using an analytic symplectic algorithm of orders to integrate a Hamiltonian systemK, one actually follows exactly, namely within the computer roundoff error, the trajectories of the interpolating Hamiltonian H, or equivalently of the rescaled Hamiltonian K=^-1H, which differs fromK, but turns out to be ⁵ close to it. Special attention is devoted to numerical integration for scattering problems.     

A variational principle for symplectic connections

We introduce a variational principle for symplectic connections and study the corresponding field equations. For two-dimensional compact symplectic manifolds we determine all solutions of the field equations. For two-dimensional non-compact simply connected symplectic manifolds we give an essentially exhaustive list of solutions of the field equations. Finally we indicate how to construct from solutions of the field equations on (M, ω) solutions of the field equations on the cotangent bundle to M with its standard symplectic structure.     

From hypercomplex to holomorphic symplectic structures

The notions of holomorphic symplectic structures and hypercomplex structures on Courant algebroids are introduced and then proved to be equivalent. These generalize hypercomplex structures and holomorphic symplectic 2-forms on manifolds respectively. Basic properties of such structures are established.