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Main Authors: Zhong, D. Y., Wang, G. Q.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04526
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  • We develop a contact-geometric framework for dissipative nonlinear field theories by extending the least constraint theorem to complex fields and establishing a rigorous link with probability measures. The Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation serves as a paradigmatic example, yielding a dissipative Contact Hamilton-Jacobi equation that governs the evolution of the action functional. Through canonical transformation and travelling-wave reduction, exact Jacobi elliptic solutions are obtained, revealing a continuous transition from periodic periodons to localised solitons. Probabilistic analysis identifies a universal switching line separating dynamical regimes and uncovers a first-order periodon-soliton phase transition with a hysteresis loop. The conserved contact potential emerges as the key geometric quantity governing pattern formation in dissipative media, analogous to energy in conservative systems.