Linearization-preserving self-adjoint and symplectic integrators

This article is concerned with geometric integrators which are linearization-preserving, i.e. numerical integrators which preserve the exact linearization at every fixed point of an arbitrary system of ODEs. For a canonical Hamiltonian system, we propose a new symplectic and self-adjoint B-series method which is also linearization-preserving. In a similar fashion, we show that it is possible to construct a self-adjoint and linearization-preserving B-series method for an arbitrary system of ODEs. Some numerical experiments on Hamiltonian ODEs are presented to test the behaviour of both proposed methods.