From Exact Space-Time Symmetry Conservation to Automatic Mesh Refinement in Discrete Initial Boundary Value Problems

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Autores principales: Rothkopf, Alexander, Horowitz, W. A., Nordström, Jan
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author Rothkopf, Alexander
Horowitz, W. A.
Nordström, Jan
author_facet Rothkopf, Alexander
Horowitz, W. A.
Nordström, Jan
contents In this contribution we present recent developments in the formulation and solution of Initial Boundary Value Problems (IBVPs). Building upon a modern variational action formulation of classical dynamics, we treat Initial Boundary Value Problems directly on the action level, bypassing governing equations. We show that by including coordinate maps as dynamical degrees of freedom together with propagating fields two key results emerge. Space-time symmetries remain protected even after discretization, leading to an exact conservation of Noether charges even for discrete IBVPs. The dynamical nature of the coordinate maps leads to an adjustment of space-time resolution, guided by Noether charge conservation, realizing a form of automatic adaptive mesh refinement. We stress that as long as SBP operators are used for the discretization, our results are independent of whether the dynamics are solved on the action or governing equation level and hold in particular also at high order. As proof-of-principle for our approach we present its application to scalar wave-propagation in 1+1 dimensions.
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spellingShingle From Exact Space-Time Symmetry Conservation to Automatic Mesh Refinement in Discrete Initial Boundary Value Problems
Rothkopf, Alexander
Horowitz, W. A.
Nordström, Jan
Numerical Analysis
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
Computational Physics
In this contribution we present recent developments in the formulation and solution of Initial Boundary Value Problems (IBVPs). Building upon a modern variational action formulation of classical dynamics, we treat Initial Boundary Value Problems directly on the action level, bypassing governing equations. We show that by including coordinate maps as dynamical degrees of freedom together with propagating fields two key results emerge. Space-time symmetries remain protected even after discretization, leading to an exact conservation of Noether charges even for discrete IBVPs. The dynamical nature of the coordinate maps leads to an adjustment of space-time resolution, guided by Noether charge conservation, realizing a form of automatic adaptive mesh refinement. We stress that as long as SBP operators are used for the discretization, our results are independent of whether the dynamics are solved on the action or governing equation level and hold in particular also at high order. As proof-of-principle for our approach we present its application to scalar wave-propagation in 1+1 dimensions.
title From Exact Space-Time Symmetry Conservation to Automatic Mesh Refinement in Discrete Initial Boundary Value Problems
topic Numerical Analysis
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11163