Geometric Numerical Integration in Ecological Modelling

Challenges in Geometric Numerical Integration

Geometric Numerical Integration is a subfield of the numerical treatment of differential equations. It deals with the design and analysis of algorithms that preserve the structure of the analytic flow. The present review discusses numerical integrators, which nearly preserve the energy of Hamiltonian systems over long times. Backward error analysis gives important insight in the situation, wher...

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Geometric Numerical Integration

The subject of this workshop was numerical methods that preserve geometric properties of the flow of an ordinary or partial differential equation. This was complemented by the question as to how structure preservation affects the long-time behaviour of numerical methods. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 65xx. Introduction by the Organisers The subject of this workshop was numerical me...

Geometric Numerical Integration of Differential Equations

Important Aspects of Geometric Numerical Integration

At the example of Hamiltonian differential equations, geometric properties of the flow are discussed that are only preserved by special numerical integrators (such as symplectic and/or symmetric methods). In the ‘non-stiff’ situation the long-time behaviour of these methods is well-understood and can be explained with the help of a backward error analysis. In the highly oscillatory (‘stiff’) ca...

Geometric Numerical Integration of Differential Equations

What is geometric integration? ‘Geometric integration’ is the term used to describe numerical methods for computing the solution of differential equations, while preserving one or more physical/mathematical properties of the system exactly (i.e. up to round–off error)1. What properties can be preserved in this way? A first aspect of a dynamical system that is important to preserve is its phase ...