Symmetry reduction of discrete Lagrangian mechanics on Lie groups

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Main Authors: Marsden, Jerrold E., Pekarsky, Sergey, Shkoller, Steve
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author Marsden, Jerrold E.
Pekarsky, Sergey
Shkoller, Steve
author_facet Marsden, Jerrold E.
Pekarsky, Sergey
Shkoller, Steve
contents For a discrete mechanical system on a Lie group $G$ determined by a (reduced) Lagrangian $\ell$ we define a Poisson structure via the pull-back of the Lie-Poisson structure on the dual of the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak g}^*$ by the corresponding Legendre transform. The main result shown in this paper is that this structure coincides with the reduction under the symmetry group $G$ of the canonical discrete Lagrange 2-form $ω_\mathbb{L}$ on $G \times G$. Its symplectic leaves then become dynamically invariant manifolds for the reduced discrete system. Links between our approach and that of groupoids and algebroids as well as the reduced Hamilton-Jacobi equation are made. The rigid body is discussed as an example.
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spellingShingle Symmetry reduction of discrete Lagrangian mechanics on Lie groups
Marsden, Jerrold E.
Pekarsky, Sergey
Shkoller, Steve
Numerical Analysis
Symplectic Geometry
For a discrete mechanical system on a Lie group $G$ determined by a (reduced) Lagrangian $\ell$ we define a Poisson structure via the pull-back of the Lie-Poisson structure on the dual of the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak g}^*$ by the corresponding Legendre transform. The main result shown in this paper is that this structure coincides with the reduction under the symmetry group $G$ of the canonical discrete Lagrange 2-form $ω_\mathbb{L}$ on $G \times G$. Its symplectic leaves then become dynamically invariant manifolds for the reduced discrete system. Links between our approach and that of groupoids and algebroids as well as the reduced Hamilton-Jacobi equation are made. The rigid body is discussed as an example.
title Symmetry reduction of discrete Lagrangian mechanics on Lie groups
topic Numerical Analysis
Symplectic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0004018