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Indian Journal of Mathematics
Indian Journal of Mathematics

Symplectic Newton–Cotes product Integration methods for fractional Hamiltonian systems

Author(s): Shruti Tiwari

Vol. 67, No. 1 (2025)  • pp. 39–60
Published 27-04-2026

Abstract

This work presents a novel class of composite product-integration closed Newton--Cotes (CNC) integrators specifically designed for Hamiltonian systems governed by Caputo fractional derivatives of order $1 < \alpha < 2$. The proposed methodology establishes explicit full-history convolution weights while constructing a discrete variational principle within an extended phase space, ultimately yielding a symplectic mapping. Through rigorous analysis, we demonstrate global error bounds of $O(h^{2-\alpha})$ for CNC-2 and $O(h^{4-\alpha})$ for CNC-4 under conventional regularity assumptions. The linear stability characteristics are analyzed via the generating function of convolution weights, while long-term energy drift behavior is quantified. Additionally, efficient implementation strategies are developed that achieve $O(1)$ per-step computational complexity through systematic history truncation and sum-of-exponentials compression techniques. Comprehensive numerical experiments validate the theoretical predictions and demonstrate superior performance relative to existing fractional integrators.

Keywords

Fractional Hamiltonian systems; Caputo fractional derivatives; Symplectic integrators; Closed Newton–Cotes product integration; Sum-of-exponentials history compression.

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification

34A08, 65L06, 65L20.