Geometric framework for dissipative systems on Lie algebroids.
problem Formulating geometric framework for dissipative systems.
method Herglotz-type variational principle on Lie algebroids.
result Recover classical equations as special cases.
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Variational reduction simplifies Lagrangian systems with scaling symmetries.
problem Simplifying Lagrangian systems with scaling symmetries.
method Defining a variational reduction procedure for homogenous Lagrangian systems.
result Reconstructing trajectories from critical points of reduced variational principle.
Paper derives invariantised Euler-Lagrange equations for Herglotz problems.
problem Nonconservative Herglotz variational problems.
method Invariant calculus of variations and moving frames.
result Derivation of generalised Euler-Lagrange equations and conserved quantities.
In this article we develop a theory of contact systems with nonholonomic constraints. We obtain the dynamics from Herglotz's variational principle, by restricting the variations so that they satisfy the nonholonomic constraints. We prove that the nonholonomic dynamics can be obtained as a projection of the unconstraine…
The present paper extends the classical second-order variational problem of Herglotz type to the more general context of the Euclidean sphere S^n following variational and optimal control approaches. The relation between the Hamiltonian equations and the generalized Euler-Lagrange equations is established. This problem…
The paper integrates dissipative and curl forces using geometric methods.
problem Incorporating dissipative forces into curl forces for non-conservative systems.
method Geometric metriplectic approach, Herglotz principle, generalized Euler-Lagrange equation, Galley's method.
result Natural formulations for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics of non-conservative systems.
Contact Tulczyjew Geometry for Continuous and Discrete Dissipative Dynamics on Skew Algebroidsmath-ph
Develop contact Tulczyjew formalism for dissipative dynamics on skew algebroids.
problem Dissipative dynamics on skew algebroids
method Contact Tulczyjew formalism
result Intrinsic explanation of contact term and Euler-Lagrange-Herglotz equations
The evolution operator connecting the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms for contact systemsmath-ph
This paper extends the evolution operator to contact mechanics, linking Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations.
problem Translating the evolution operator to contact mechanics for mechanical systems with dissipation.
method Using the evolution operator K to connect Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms in contact mechanics.
result The evolution operator provides a geometric description of evolution equations and relates constraints.
Injectivity of geodesic ray transform on specific Finsler manifolds proven.
problem Injectivity of geodesic ray transform on spherically symmetric reversible Finsler manifolds.
method Reduction to invertibility of generalized Abel transforms using angular Fourier series and Taylor expansions of geodesics.
result Injectivity of geodesic ray transform proven on specified Finsler manifolds.
We prove a trace formula for three-dimensional spherically symmetric Riemannian manifolds with boundary which satisfy the Herglotz condition: The wave trace is singular precisely at the length spectrum of periodic broken rays. In particular, the Neumann spectrum of the Laplace--Beltrami operator uniquely determines the…
Reduces equations for contact mechanical systems on Lie groups by exploiting symmetries.
problem Contact mechanical systems on Lie groups with symmetries.
method Reduction process using Lie group actions and symmetries.
result Euler-Poincaré-Herglotz equations on the reduced phase space.
Research decouples Lie algebroids using bicocycle double cross product theory.
problem Understanding decoupling and coupling phenomena in Lie algebroids.
method Bicocycle double cross product realization method.
result Unified product, double cross product, semi-direct product, and cocycle extension frameworks are instances of the general method.
New variational principle found for non-variational differential equations.
problem Non-variational differential equations without variational multipliers.
method Connecting functional forms with antiexact differential forms to identify obstructions.
result Formulation of variational problem for non-variational equations.
Internal Lagrangians derived from variational principles.
problem Reproducing the principle of stationary action in variational geometry.
method Introducing stationary points of internal Lagrangians, establishing connections with symmetries and conservation laws, and investigating relations between non-degenerate and internal Lagrangians.
result Noether's theorem reformulated in terms of internal Lagrangians.
New variational principles found for conformal geodesics.
problem Challenges in Lagrangian formulation for conformal geodesics.
method Enlarging the class of variations leads to a variational formulation with a third-order conformally invariant Lagrangian.
result Some integral curves of the fourth-order ODE system are spirals.
We give a brief introduction to some of the recent works on finding geometric structures on triangulated surfaces using variational principles.
New mass inequalities and proofs for causal variational principles.
problem Proving new mass inequalities for causal variational principles.
method Proved a new inequality for minimizers of causal variational principles and applied it to prove the positive mass theorem.
result Introduced a positive quasilocal mass and proved new mass inequalities.
We study ray transforms on spherically symmetric manifolds with a piecewise metric. Assuming the Herglotz condition, the X-ray transform is injective on the space of functions on such manifolds. We also prove injectivity results for broken ray transforms (with and without periodicity) on such manifolds …
Introduces a restricted Chen-Nagano variational principle for the Einstein-Hilbert functional.
problem Deriving critical metrics for the Einstein-Hilbert functional on compact Riemannian manifolds.
method Restricts the variational problem to an infinite-dimensional subspace.
result Derives a novel structural characterization of critical metrics.
On the dimension of limit sets on via stationary measures: variational principles and applicationsmath.DS
The paper studies the dimension of limit sets using variational principles and stationary measures.
problem Calculating the Hausdorff dimension of limit sets of Anosov representations and the Rauzy gasket.
method Established variational principles for affinity exponents and Rauzy gaskets, combined with dimension formulas of stationary measures.
result Yields the equality between the Hausdorff dimensions and affinity exponents in both settings.
The paper proves rigidity of bordered polyhedral surfaces using variational principles.
problem Determining the rigidity of bordered polyhedral surfaces.
method Using the variational principle, the paper shows that bordered polyhedral surfaces are determined by boundary values and discrete curvatures on interior edges.
result The paper re-proves the classical result that two Euclidean or hyperbolic cyclic polygons are congruent if their side lengths are equal.
We provide a variational description of any Liouville (i.e. volume preserving) autonomous vector fields on a smooth manifold. This is obtained via a ``maximal degree'' variational principle; critical sections for this are integral manifolds for the Liouville vector field. We work in coordinates and provide explicit for…
We discuss a recently proposed variational principle for deriving the variational equations associated to any Lagrangian system. The principle gives simultaneously the Lagrange and the variational equations of the system. We define a new Lagrangian in an extended configuration space ---which we call D'Alambert's--- com…
Variationality of conformal geodesics fails in higher dimensions.
problem The variationality of conformal geodesics in higher dimensions.
method Analysis of conformal geodesics in three and higher dimensions.
result Variationality fails in both parametrized and un-parametrized conformal geodesics in higher dimensions.
In this paper, we provide an information-theoretic interpretation of the Vector Quantized-Variational Autoencoder (VQ-VAE). We show that the loss function of the original VQ-VAE can be derived from the variational deterministic information bottleneck (VDIB) principle. On the other hand, the VQ-VAE trained by the Expect…
PRI-VAE learns disentangled representations by optimizing principle-of-relevant-information.
problem Learning disentangled representations under VAE framework remains unknown.
method Proposes PRI-VAE, a novel learning objective to optimize disentanglement.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of PRI-VAE on four benchmark datasets.
We establish a second order smooth variational principle valid for functions defined on (possibly infinite-dimensional) Riemannian manifolds which are uniformly locally convex and have a strictly positive injectivity radius and bounded sectional curvature.
Reduces symplectic Hamiltonian systems to contact systems, realizing Poincaré's dream.
problem Scaling symmetries in Hamiltonian systems.
method Contact reduction of symplectic Hamiltonian systems.
result Generically possible reduction to contact Hamiltonian systems, reducing inputs needed.
A variational principle is proposed for obtaining the Jacobi equations in systems admitting a Lagrangian description. The variational principle gives simultaneously the Lagrange equations of motion and the Jacobi variational equations for the system. The approach can be of help in finding constants of motion in the Jac…
Paper variates Navier-Stokes-Fourier system for thermodynamic consistency.
problem Modeling compressible fluid dynamics with thermodynamic constraints.
method Variational discretization with discrete exterior calculus.
result Derives a nonholonomic variational integrator for NSF system.
Some variational principles associated with ODEs of maximal symmetry. Part 2: The general casemath.DG
The paper explores variational principles for equations of maximal symmetry, providing new insights and results.
problem Exploring variational principles for equations of maximal symmetry.
method Study of variational and divergence symmetries for linear and nonlinear equations of maximal symmetry, providing first integrals in explicit form.
result Significantly different results and more general variational symmetry algebra for linear and nonlinear equations compared to previous studies.
We prove that under certain assumptions a partial differential equation can be derived from a variational principle. It is well-known from Noether's theorem that symmetries of a variational functional lead to conservation laws of the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation. We reverse this statement and prove that a diff…
The Variational Principle for the Uniform Acceleration and Quasi-Spin in Two Dimensional Space-Timemath-ph
The variational principle and the corresponding differential equation for geodesic circles in two dimensional (pseudo)-Riemannian space are being discovered. The relationship with the physical notion of uniformly accelerated relativistic particle is emphasized. The known form of spin-curvature interaction emerges due t…
The calculus of variations for lagrangians which are not functions on the tangent bundle, but sections certain affine bundles is developed. We follow a general approach to variational principles which admits boundary terms of variations.
Variational autoencoders provide a principled framework for learning deep latent-variable models and corresponding inference models. In this work, we provide an introduction to variational autoencoders and some important extensions.
In this paper, we develop several related finite dimensional variational principles for discrete optimal transport (DOT), Minkowski type problems for convex polytopes and discrete Monge-Ampere equation (DMAE). A link between the discrete optimal transport, discrete Monge-Ampere equation and the power diagram in computa…
New approach to Lagrangian systems using intrinsic geometry.
problem Developing a new framework for Lagrangian systems.
method Direct reformulation of Hamiltonian formalism, introduction of spatial equation and spatial-gauge symmetry.
result Covariant and non-covariant canonical variational principles demonstrated for Maxwell equations.
Dirac structures on tangent bundles provide a unified framework for Lagrange--Dirac dynamical systems.
problem Unified geometric framework for Lagrange--Dirac dynamical systems
method Introducing a Lagrange--Dirac structure on the tangent bundle
result Unified framework for nonholonomic, degenerate Lagrangian, and symmetric systems
Complex Structures on Jet Spaces and Bosonic Fock Space Dynamics for Causal Variational Principlesmath-ph
Based on conservation laws for surface layer integrals for critical points of causal variational principles, it is shown how jet spaces can be endowed with an almost-complex structure. We analyze under which conditions the almost-complex structure can be integrated to a canonical complex structure. Combined with the sc…
Study nonholonomic systems with collisions using variational principles.
problem Variational problems on nonholonomic systems with collisions.
method Extended variational principle, introduced connection on principal bundles, applied Lagrange–Poincaré–Pontryagin reduction.
result Implicit Lagrange–d'Alembert–Pontryagin equations for nonholonomic systems with collisions.
A variational inequality for pricing the perpetual American option and the corresponding difference equation are considered. First, the maximum principle and uniqueness of the solution to variational inequality for pricing the perpetual American option are proved. Then the maximum principle, the existence and uniquenes…
We present a variational formulation of electrodynamics using de Rham even and odd differential forms. Our formulation relies on a variational principle more complete than the Hamilton principle and thus leads to field equations with external sources and permits the derivation of the constitutive relations. We interpre…
Let be smooth -dimensional manifold, fibered over a -dimensional submanifold as , and ; one can consider the functional on sections of the bundle defined by , with a domain in . We show that for the variational principle ba…
The geometry of jets of submanifolds is studied, with special interest in the relationship with the calculus of variations. A new intrinsic geometric formulation of the variational problem on jets of submanifolds is given. Working examples are provided.
By resorting to Noether's Second Theorem, we relate the generalized Bianchi identities for Lagrangian field theories on gauge-natural bundles with the kernel of the associated gauge-natural Jacobi morphism. A suitable definition of the curvature of gauge-natural variational principles can be consequently formulated in …
New method prevents forgetting in learning new tasks.
problem Poor ability of models to solve new problems without forgetting.
method Task-agnostic hierarchical information-theoretic optimality principle with Mixture-of-Variational-Experts layer.
result Demonstrated competitive performance in continual supervised and reinforcement learning.
New method uses adiabatic principles to improve ground-state preparation in quantum computing.
problem Challenges in variational training of complex energy landscapes.
method Iterative Hamiltonian deformation complemented with adiabatic principles.
result Consistent convergence to target ground state through sequence of intermediate problems.
Singular Riemannian Foliations, variational problems and Principles of Symmetric Criticalitiesmath.DG
The paper explores variational problems on Riemannian manifolds with special foliations, proving existence results.
problem Variational problems on Riemannian manifolds with singular Riemannian foliations.
method Application of Palais' Principle of Symmetric Criticality and Rellich-Kondrachov-Hebey-Vaugon Embedding Theorem.
result Existence of countably infinite weak solutions to variational problems.