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A new high precision energy-preserving integrator for system of oscillatory second-order differential equations

  • Nanjing University

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Abstract

This Letter proposes a new high precision energy-preserving integrator for system of oscillatory second-order differential equations q″(t) +Mq(t)=f(q(t)) with a symmetric and positive semi-definite matrix M and f(q)=-∇U(q). The system is equivalent to a separable Hamiltonian system with Hamiltonian H(p,q)=12pTp+12qTMq+U(q). The properties of the new energy-preserving integrator are analyzed. The well-known Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem is performed numerically to show that the new integrator preserves the energy integral with higher accuracy than Average Vector Field (AVF) method and an energy-preserving collocation method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1185-1190
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume376
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Energy-preserving integrators
  • Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem
  • Hamiltonian systems
  • Oscillatory differential equations

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