Geometric integration of ordinary differential equations
on manifolds
Ernst Hairer
Abstract.
This article illustrates how classical integration
methods for differential equations on manifolds
can be modified in order to preserve certain
geometric properties of the exact flow. Projection
methods as well as integrators based on local
coordinates are considered.
The central ideas of this article
have been presented at the 40th anniversary meeting
of the journal BIT.
Key Words.
Geometric integration, differential equations on manifolds,
symmetric methods, projection methods,
methods based on local coordinates.