On Symplectic and Multisymplectic Structures and Their Discrete Versions in Lagrangian Formalism

DOI10.1088/0253-6102/35/6/703MaRDI QIDQ3536627zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Han-Ying Guo, Ke Wu, Yu-Qi Li

Publication date 21 November 2008

Published in Communications in Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0104064

zbMATH Keywords

symplectic structuredifference discrete variational principleEuler--Lagrange cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Discretization methods and integrators (symplectic, variational, geometric, etc.) for dynamical systems (37M15)

Abstract: We introduce the Euler-Lagrange cohomology to study the symplectic and multisymplectic structures and their preserving properties in finite and infinite dimensional Lagrangian systems respectively. We also explore their certain difference discrete counterparts in the relevant regularly discretized finite and infinite dimensional Lagrangian systems by means of the difference discrete variational principle with the difference being regarded as an entire geometric object and the noncommutative differential calculus on regular lattice. In order to show that in all these cases the symplectic and multisymplectic preserving properties do not necessarily depend on the relevant Euler-Lagrange equations, the Euler-Lagrange cohomological concepts and content in the configuration space are employed.

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