Multisymplecticity in finite element exterior calculus

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Main Authors: Stern, Ari, Zampa, Enrico
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author Stern, Ari
Zampa, Enrico
author_facet Stern, Ari
Zampa, Enrico
contents We consider the application of finite element exterior calculus (FEEC) methods to a class of canonical Hamiltonian PDE systems involving differential forms. Solutions to these systems satisfy a local multisymplectic conservation law, which generalizes the more familiar symplectic conservation law for Hamiltonian systems of ODEs, and which is connected with physically-important reciprocity phenomena, such as Lorentz reciprocity in electromagnetics. We characterize hybrid FEEC methods whose numerical traces satisfy a version of the multisymplectic conservation law, and we apply this characterization to several specific classes of FEEC methods, including conforming Arnold-Falk-Winther-type methods and various hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) methods. Interestingly, the HDG-type and other nonconforming methods are shown, in general, to be multisymplectic in a stronger sense than the conforming FEEC methods. This substantially generalizes previous work of McLachlan and Stern [Found. Comput. Math., 20 (2020), pp. 35-69] on the more restricted class of canonical Hamiltonian PDEs in the de Donder-Weyl "grad-div" form.
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spellingShingle Multisymplecticity in finite element exterior calculus
Stern, Ari
Zampa, Enrico
Numerical Analysis
65N30 (Primary) 70S05 (Secondary)
We consider the application of finite element exterior calculus (FEEC) methods to a class of canonical Hamiltonian PDE systems involving differential forms. Solutions to these systems satisfy a local multisymplectic conservation law, which generalizes the more familiar symplectic conservation law for Hamiltonian systems of ODEs, and which is connected with physically-important reciprocity phenomena, such as Lorentz reciprocity in electromagnetics. We characterize hybrid FEEC methods whose numerical traces satisfy a version of the multisymplectic conservation law, and we apply this characterization to several specific classes of FEEC methods, including conforming Arnold-Falk-Winther-type methods and various hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) methods. Interestingly, the HDG-type and other nonconforming methods are shown, in general, to be multisymplectic in a stronger sense than the conforming FEEC methods. This substantially generalizes previous work of McLachlan and Stern [Found. Comput. Math., 20 (2020), pp. 35-69] on the more restricted class of canonical Hamiltonian PDEs in the de Donder-Weyl "grad-div" form.
title Multisymplecticity in finite element exterior calculus
topic Numerical Analysis
65N30 (Primary) 70S05 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03657