Geometry of discrete-time spin systems

DOI10.1007/S00332-016-9311-ZzbMATH Open1352.37190arXiv1505.04035OpenAlexW1758017530MaRDI QIDQ347085FDOQ347085

Authors: Klas Modin, Olivier Verdier, Robert I. McLachlan 

Publication date: 30 November 2016

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Classical Hamiltonian spin systems are continuous dynamical systems on the symplectic phase space $(S^2{)}^n$. In this paper we investigate the underlying geometry of a time discretization scheme for classical Hamiltonian spin systems called the spherical midpoint method. As it turns out, this method displays a range of interesting geometrical features, that yield insights and sets out general strategies for geometric time discretizations of Hamiltonian systems on non-canonical symplectic manifolds. In particular, our study provides two new, completely geometric proofs that the discrete-time spin systems obtained by the spherical midpoint method preserve symplecticity. The study follows two paths. First, we introduce an extended version of the Hopf fibration to show that the spherical midpoint method can be seen as originating from the classical midpoint method on $T^{\ast }mathbf{R}^{2n}$ for a collective Hamiltonian. Symplecticity is then a direct, geometric consequence. Second, we propose a new discretization scheme on Riemannian manifolds called the Riemannian midpoint method. We determine its properties with respect to isometries and Riemannian submersions and, as a special case, we show that the spherical midpoint method is of this type for a non-Euclidean metric. In combination with K"ahler geometry, this provides another geometric proof of symplecticity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.04035

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zbMATH Keywords

spin systemssymplectic integrationHopf fibrationdiscrete integrable systemscollective symplectic integratorsHeisenberg spin chainmidpoint methodMoser-Veselov

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Numerical methods for Hamiltonian systems including symplectic integrators (65P10) Nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems, KAM theory (70H08) Discretization methods and integrators (symplectic, variational, geometric, etc.) for dynamical systems (37M15)

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