The flow method for the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula: exact results

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ACF102zbMATH Open1526.70001arXiv2210.11155OpenAlexW4385852905MaRDI QIDQ6096897FDOQ6096897

Authors: Federico Zadra, Alessandro Bravetti, Marcello Seri 

Publication date: 15 September 2023

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

Abstract: Leveraging techniques from the literature on geometric numerical integration, we propose a new general method to compute exact expressions for the BCH formula. In its utmost generality, the method consists in embedding the Lie algebra of interest into a subalgebra of the algebra of vector fields on some manifold by means of an isomorphism, so that the BCH formula for two elements of the original algebra can be recovered from the composition of the flows of the corresponding vector fields. For this reason we call our method the flow method. Clearly, this method has great advantage in cases where the flows can be computed analytically. We illustrate its usefulness on some benchmark examples where it can be applied directly, and discuss some possible extensions for cases where an exact expression cannot be obtained.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.11155

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zbMATH Keywords

Lie algebracontact geometrycontact Hamiltonian systemcontact Heisenberg algebracontact Hamiltonian dynamicscontact splitting numerical integrator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Symmetries, Lie group and Lie algebra methods for problems in mechanics (70G65) Canonical and symplectic transformations for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H15) Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08)

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