An approximating method for the stabilizing solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for integrable systems using Hamiltonian perturbation theory

In this report, a method for approximating the stabilizing solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for integrable systems is proposed using symplectic geometry and a Hamiltonian perturbation technique. Using the fact that the Hamiltonian lifted system of an integrable system is also integrable, the Hamiltonian system (canonical equation) that is derived from the theory of 1-st order partial differential equations is considered as an integrable Hamiltonian system with a perturbation caused by control. Assuming that the approximating Riccati equation from the Hamilton-Jacobi equation at the origin has a stabilizing solution, we construct approximating behaviors of the Hamiltonian flows on a stable Lagrangian submanifold, from which an approximation to the stabilizing solution is obtained

Analytical Approximation Methods for the Stabilizing Solution of the Hamilton–Jacobi Equation

In this paper, two methods for approximating the stabilizing solution of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation are proposed using symplectic geometry and a Hamiltonian perturbation technique as well as stable manifold theory. The first method uses the fact that the Hamiltonian lifted system of an integrable system is also integrable and regards the corresponding Hamiltonian system of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation as an integrable Hamiltonian system with a perturbation caused by control. The second method directly approximates the stable flow of the Hamiltonian systems using a modification of stable manifold theory. Both methods provide analytical approximations of the stable Lagrangian submanifold from which the stabilizing solution is derived. Two examples illustrate the effectiveness of the methods.

Symmetric Reduction and Hamilton-Jacobi Equation of Rigid Spacecraft with a Rotor

In this paper, we consider the rigid spacecraft with an internal rotor as a regular point reducible regular controlled Hamiltonian (RCH) system. In the cases of coincident and non-coincident centers of buoyancy and gravity, we give explicitly the motion equation and Hamilton-Jacobi equation of reduced spacecraft-rotor system on a symplectic leaf by calculation in detail, respectively, which show the effect on controls in regular symplectic reduction and Hamilton-Jacobi theory.Comment: 21 pages. Revised some printed wrongs in section 4. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1305.3457, arXiv:1303.5840, arXiv:1202.356

Hamilton-Jacobi Theory for Degenerate Lagrangian Systems with Holonomic and Nonholonomic Constraints

We extend Hamilton-Jacobi theory to Lagrange-Dirac (or implicit Lagrangian) systems, a generalized formulation of Lagrangian mechanics that can incorporate degenerate Lagrangians as well as holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. We refer to the generalized Hamilton-Jacobi equation as the Dirac-Hamilton-Jacobi equation. For non-degenerate Lagrangian systems with nonholonomic constraints, the theory specializes to the recently developed nonholonomic Hamilton-Jacobi theory. We are particularly interested in applications to a certain class of degenerate nonholonomic Lagrangian systems with symmetries, which we refer to as weakly degenerate Chaplygin systems, that arise as simplified models of nonholonomic mechanical systems; these systems are shown to reduce to non-degenerate almost Hamiltonian systems, i.e., generalized Hamiltonian systems defined with non-closed two-forms. Accordingly, the Dirac-Hamilton-Jacobi equation reduces to a variant of the nonholonomic Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with the reduced system. We illustrate through a few examples how the Dirac-Hamilton-Jacobi equation can be used to exactly integrate the equations of motion.Comment: 44 pages, 3 figure

An Overview of Variational Integrators

The purpose of this paper is to survey some recent advances in variational integrators for both finite dimensional mechanical systems as well as continuum mechanics. These advances include the general development of discrete mechanics, applications to dissipative systems, collisions, spacetime integration algorithms, AVI’s (Asynchronous Variational Integrators), as well as reduction for discrete mechanical systems. To keep the article within the set limits, we will only treat each topic briefly and will not attempt to develop any particular topic in any depth. We hope, nonetheless, that this paper serves as a useful guide to the literature as well as to future directions and open problems in the subject

Characteristics, Bicharacteristics, and Geometric Singularities of Solutions of PDEs

Many physical systems are described by partial differential equations (PDEs). Determinism then requires the Cauchy problem to be well-posed. Even when the Cauchy problem is well-posed for generic Cauchy data, there may exist characteristic Cauchy data. Characteristics of PDEs play an important role both in Mathematics and in Physics. I will review the theory of characteristics and bicharacteristics of PDEs, with a special emphasis on intrinsic aspects, i.e., those aspects which are invariant under general changes of coordinates. After a basically analytic introduction, I will pass to a modern, geometric point of view, presenting characteristics within the jet space approach to PDEs. In particular, I will discuss the relationship between characteristics and singularities of solutions and observe that: "wave-fronts are characteristic surfaces and propagate along bicharacteristics". This remark may be understood as a mathematical formulation of the wave/particle duality in optics and/or quantum mechanics. The content of the paper reflects the three hour minicourse that I gave at the XXII International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, September 2-5, 2013, Evora, Portugal.Comment: 26 pages, short elementary review submitted for publication on the Proceedings of XXII IFWG

Structural aspects of Hamilton–Jacobi theory

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219887816500171In our previous papers [11, 13] we showed that the Hamilton–Jacobi problem can be regarded as a way to describe a given dynamics on a phase space manifold in terms of a family of dynamics on a lower-dimensional manifold. We also showed how constants of the motion help to solve the Hamilton–Jacobi equation. Here we want to delve into this interpretation by considering the most general case: a dynamical system on a manifold that is described in terms of a family of dynamics (‘slicing vector fields’) on lower-dimensional manifolds. We identify the relevant geometric structures that lead from this decomposition of the dynamics to the classical Hamilton– Jacobi theory, by considering special cases like fibred manifolds and Hamiltonian dynamics, in the symplectic framework and the Poisson one. We also show how a set of functions on a tangent bundle can determine a second-order dynamics for which they are constants of the motion.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

New variables of separation for particular case of the Kowalevski top

We discuss the polynomial bi-Hamiltonian structures for the Kowalevski top in special case of zero square integral. An explicit procedure to find variables of separation and separation relations is considered in detail.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX with Ams font