The inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAB546zbMATH Open1423.70044arXiv1708.04123OpenAlexW2750034541WikidataQ130185666 ScholiaQ130185666MaRDI QIDQ4565056FDOQ4565056

Authors: M. Barbero-Liñán, Marta Farré Puiggalí, David Martín de Diego, Sebastián J. Ferraro 

Publication date: 7 June 2018

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a geometric version of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations for discrete mechanics and constrained discrete mechanics. The geometric approach consists of using suitable Lagrangian and isotropic submanifolds. We also provide a transition between the discrete and the continuous problems and propose variationality as an interesting geometric property to take into account in the design and computer simulation of numerical integrators.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.04123

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zbMATH Keywords

inverse problemnonholonomic mechanicsdiscrete variational calculusdiscrete second order difference equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of difference equations (39A60) Optimality conditions for problems involving randomness (49K45) Inverse problems for systems of particles (70F17) Nonholonomic systems related to the dynamics of a system of particles (70F25) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Variational methods for problems in mechanics (70G75)

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