scholarly journals Variational and viscosity operators for the evolutionary Hamilton–Jacobi equation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentine Roos

We study the Cauchy problem for the first-order evolutionary Hamilton–Jacobi equation with a Lipschitz initial condition. The Hamiltonian is not necessarily convex in the momentum variable and not a priori compactly supported. We build and study an operator giving a variational solution of this problem, and get local Lipschitz estimates on this operator. Iterating this variational operator we obtain the viscosity operator and extend the estimates to the viscosity framework. We also check that the construction of the variational operator gives the Lax–Oleinik semigroup if the Hamiltonian is convex or concave in the momentum variable.

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
V. D. Gladush

A geometrodynamical approach to the five-dimensional (5D) spherically symmetric cosmological model in the Kaluza–Klein theory is constructed. After dimensional reduction, the 5D Hilbert action is reduced to the Einstein form describing the gravitational, electromagnetic, and scalar interacting fields. The subsequent transition to the configuration space leads to the supermetric and the Einstein–Hamilton–Jacobi equation, with the help of which the trajectories in the configuration space are found. Then the evolutionary coordinate is restored, and the Cauchy problem is solved to find the time dependence of the metric and fields. The configuration corresponds to a cosmological model of the Kantovsky–Sachs type, which has a hypercylinder topology and includes scalar and electromagnetic fields with contact interaction.


1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Vanstone

In the problem of finding the motion of a classical particle one has the choice of dealing with a system of second order ordinary differential equations (Lagrange's equations) or a single first order partial differential equation (the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, henceforth referred to as the H-J equation). In practice the latter method is less frequently used because of the difficulty in finding complete integrals. When these are obtainable, however, the method leads rapidly to the equations of the trajectories. Furthermore it is of fundamental theoretical importance and it provides a basis for quantum mechanical analogues.


2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Tabarrok ◽  
C. M. Leech

Hamilton’s principle was developed for the modeling of dynamic systems in which time is the principal independent variable and the resulting equations of motion are second-order differential equations. This principle uses kinetic energy which is functionally dependent on first-order time derivatives, and potential energy, and has been extended to include virtual work. In this paper, a variant of Hamiltonian mechanics for systems whose motion is governed by fourth-order differential equations is developed and is illustrated by an example invoking the flexural analysis of beams. The variational formulations previously associated with Newton’s second-order equations of motion have been generalized to encompass problems governed by energy functionals involving second-order derivatives. The canonical equations associated with functionals with second order derivatives emerge as four first-order equations in each variable. The transformations of these equations to a new system wherein the generalized variables and momenta appear as constants, can be obtained through several different forms of generating functions. The generating functions are obtained as solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. This theory is illustrated by application to an example from beam theory the solution recovered using a technique for solving nonseparable forms of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Finally whereas classical variational mechanics uses time as the primary independent variable, here the theory is extended to include static mechanics problems in which the primary independent variable is spatial.


2010 ◽  
Vol 833 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Andrianopoli ◽  
R. D'Auria ◽  
E. Orazi ◽  
M. Trigiante

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-250
Author(s):  
G. Gudynas

This article investigates the representation formula for the semiconcave solutions of the Cauchy problem for Hamilton‐Jacobi equation with the convex Hamiltonian and the unbounded lower semicontinous initial function. The formula like Hopf ‘s formula is given by forming envelope of some fundamental solutions of the equation.


1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
P. P. Matus ◽  
B. S. Jovanović

A priori estimates expressing continuous dependence of the solution of a first order evolutionary equation in Hubert space on initial condition, right hand side and operator perturbations are obtained in time–integral norms. Analogous results hold for corresponding finite difference schemes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 142 (6) ◽  
pp. 1193-1236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Fathi

We introduce the notion of a viscosity solution for the first-order Hamilton–Jacobi equation, in the more general setting of manifolds, to obtain a weak KAM theory using only tools from partial differential equations. This work should be accessible to people with no prior knowledge of the subject.


2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 3037-3065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Cardaliaguet ◽  
Alessio Porretta ◽  
Daniela Tonon

Author(s):  
Peter Mann

In this chapter, the Hamilton–Jacobi formulation is discussed in two parts: from a generating function perspective and as a variational principle. The Poincaré–Cartan 1-form is derived and solutions to the Hamilton–Jacobi equations are discussed. The canonical action is examined in a fashion similar to that used for analysis in previous chapters. The Hamilton–Jacobi equation is then shown to parallel the eikonal equation of wave mechanics. The chapter discusses Hamilton’s principal function, the time-independent Hamilton–Jacobi equation, Hamilton’s characteristic function, the rectification theorem, the Maupertius action principle and the Hamilton–Jacobi variational problem. The chapter also discusses integral surfaces, complete integral hypersurfaces, completely separable solutions, the Arnold–Liouville integrability theorem, general integrals, the Cauchy problem and de Broglie–Bohm mechanics. In addition, an interdisciplinary example of medical imaging is detailed.


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