Hamiltonian systems arise in many areas of physics, mechanics, and engineering sciences as well as in pure and applied mathematics. To their symplectic integration certain Runge–Kutta– type methods are profitably applied (see Sanz–Serna and Calvo [10]). In this paper Runge–Kutta and partitioned Runge–Kutta methods are considered. Different features of symmetry are distinguished using reflected ...

Article history: Received 20 November 2012 Received in revised form 7 June 2013 Accepted 17 June 2013 Available online 1 July 2013

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