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# Line 450 | Line 450 | partly explained by its geometric nature.
450   popularity in the molecular dynamics community. This fact can be
451   partly explained by its geometric nature.
452  
453 < \subsection{\label{introSection:symplecticManifold}Manifolds and Bundles}
453 > \subsection{\label{introSection:symplecticManifold}Symplectic Manifolds}
454   A \emph{manifold} is an abstract mathematical space. It looks
455   locally like Euclidean space, but when viewed globally, it may have
456   more complicated structure. A good example of manifold is the
# Line 465 | Line 465 | $\omega(x, x) = 0$.\cite{McDuff1998} The cross product
465   $\omega(\lambda_1x_1+\lambda_2x_2, y) = \lambda_1\omega(x_1, y)+
466   \lambda_2\omega(x_2, y)$, $\omega(x, y) = - \omega(y, x)$ and
467   $\omega(x, x) = 0$.\cite{McDuff1998} The cross product operation in
468 < vector field is an example of symplectic form.
469 < Given vector spaces $V$ and $W$ over same field $F$, $f: V \to W$ is a linear transformation if
470 < \begin{eqnarray*}
471 < f(x+y) & = & f(x) + f(y) \\
472 < f(ax) & = & af(x)      
473 < \end{eqnarray*}
474 < are always satisfied for any two vectors $x$ and $y$ in $V$ and any scalar $a$ in $F$. One can define the dual vector space $V^*$ of $V$ if any two built-in linear transformations $\phi$ and $\psi$ in $V^*$ satisfy the following definition of addition and scalar multiplication:
475 < \begin{eqnarray*}
476 < (\phi+\psi)(x) & = & \phi(x)+\psi(x) \\
477 < (a\phi)(x) & = & a \phi(x)
478 < \end{eqnarray*}
479 < for all $a$ in $F$ and $x$ in $V$. For a manifold $M$, one can define a tangent vector of a tangent space $TM_q$ at every point $q$
480 < \begin{equation}
481 < \dot q = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to 0} \frac{{\phi (t) - \phi (0)}}{t}      
482 < \end{equation}
483 < where $\phi(0)=q$ and $\phi(t) \in M$. One may also define a cotangent space $T^*M_q$ as the dual space of the tangent space $TM_q$. The tangent space and the cotangent space are isomorphic to each other, since they are both real vector spaces with same dimension.
484 < The union of tangent spaces at every point of $M$ is called the tangent bundle of $M$ and is denoted by $TM$, while cotangent bundle $T^*M$ is defined as the union of the cotangent spaces to $M$.\cite{Jost2002} For a Hamiltonian system with configuration manifold $V$, the $(q,\dot q)$ phase space is the tangent bundle of the configuration manifold $V$, while the cotangent bundle is represented by $(q,p)$.
468 > vector field is an example of symplectic form. One of the
469 > motivations to study \emph{symplectic manifolds} in Hamiltonian
470 > Mechanics is that a symplectic manifold can represent all possible
471 > configurations of the system and the phase space of the system can
472 > be described by it's cotangent bundle.\cite{Jost2002} Every
473 > symplectic manifold is even dimensional. For instance, in Hamilton
474 > equations, coordinate and momentum always appear in pairs.
475  
476   \subsection{\label{introSection:ODE}Ordinary Differential Equations}
477  
# Line 537 | Line 527 | Therefore, the exact propagator is self-adjoint,
527   Therefore, the exact propagator is self-adjoint,
528   \begin{equation}
529   \varphi _\tau   = \varphi _{ - \tau }^{ - 1}.
530 + \end{equation}
531 + The exact propagator can also be written as an operator,
532 + \begin{equation}
533 + \varphi _\tau  (x) = e^{\tau \sum\limits_i {f_i (x)\frac{\partial
534 + }{{\partial x_i }}} } (x) \equiv \exp (\tau f)(x).
535 + \label{introEquation:exponentialOperator}
536   \end{equation}
537   In most cases, it is not easy to find the exact propagator
538   $\varphi_\tau$. Instead, we use an approximate map, $\psi_\tau$,
# Line 756 | Line 752 | to determine the local error of a splitting method in
752  
753   The Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula\cite{Gilmore1974} can be used
754   to determine the local error of a splitting method in terms of the
755 < commutator of the
756 < operators(Eq.~\ref{introEquation:exponentialOperator}) associated
757 < with the sub-propagator. For operators $hX$ and $hY$ which are
762 < associated with $\varphi_1(t)$ and $\varphi_2(t)$ respectively , we
763 < have
755 > commutator of the operators associated with the sub-propagator. For
756 > operators $hX$ and $hY$ which are associated with $\varphi_1(t)$ and
757 > $\varphi_2(t)$ respectively , we have
758   \begin{equation}
759   \exp (hX + hY) = \exp (hZ)
760   \end{equation}
# Line 1201 | Line 1195 | For a body fixed vector $X_i$ with respect to the cent
1195   1,\tilde Q^T \tilde PJ^{ - 1}  + J^{ - 1} P^T \tilde Q = 0} \right\}
1196   \]
1197   For a body fixed vector $X_i$ with respect to the center of mass of
1198 < the rigid body, its corresponding lab fixed vector $X_i^{lab}$  is
1198 > the rigid body, its corresponding lab fixed vector $X_0^{lab}$  is
1199   given as
1200   \begin{equation}
1201   X_i^{lab} = Q X_i + q.

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