Variational integrators and time-dependent Lagrangian systems

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Abstract: This paper presents a method to construct variational integrators for time-dependent lagrangian systems. The resulting algorithms are symplectic, preserve the momentum map associated with a Lie group of symmetries and also describe the energy variation.


The purpose of this paper is to extend the variational integrators previously obtained for autonomous mechanical systems to the case of time-dependent Lagrangian systems. The resulting algorithms are symplectic, preserve the momentum map associated with a Lie group of symmetries and also describe the energy variation. The example of a single particle in a one-dimensional space is detailed and a future work with several applications in mechanics and economic problems is announced.











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